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A History of the Boston Yacht Club .... 9 

Members of the Boston Yacht Club io6 

Yachts of the Boston Yacht Club 120 

Life or Death . ^^^ 

Laws Regarding Yachting ^42 

Sailing Directions ^5 

Index to Advertisements ^7i 



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A HISTORY 



OF THE 



BO3TON ^ACflT CL^B. 



Chapter I. 

1834- 1866. 

THE history of yachting in Boston dates back many years, 
but under an organized body of men as a club, the sport 
takes its inception from the efforts of a few enthusiastic 
men, who estabhshed the first Boat Ckib in this city during 
1834. Mr. R. B. Forbes as Commodore, and seventeen other 
members, comprised the "Chib," the "squadron" consisting of 
a row-boat and a small sail-boat, that were mostly used for 
fishing purposes. The life of the Club was very short, lasting 
only during the summer season of the year of its birth. The 
assessment was fifteen dollars each member ; but at the windins: 
up of its affairs, they transferred to the Commodore all the 
Club's property in consideration that he should pay its indebt- 
edness, which sum amounted to $50.94. 

The following spring a new organization was started, in 
which a number of the members of the old Club took an active 
interest. The yacht Dream was purchased for the sum of two 
thousand dollars, each member paying one-tenth of the amount. 
This yacht was used, I may say, only for fishing excursions, 
during which trips the members took their own provisions. 
They were also armed with "props," through the medium of 



lO A HISTORY OF TH]E 

which small sums of money changed hands. A pool was inva- 
riably made up when the fishing grounds had been reached, and 
he who landed the first legitimate fish obtained the money, while 
the catcher of the first sculpin got almost everything in the way 
of ridicule. The cost of maintaining the Club was very small, 
consisting as it did of keeping the boat in repair, and the wages 
of the skipper and his assistant. The assessment the first year 
was only ^26.88, and of the succeeding season $27.87. But the 
great crisis arising out of the suspension of specie payment, in 
the spring of 1837, caused the members to sell the Dream, 
which terminated the life of the Club. 

No further successful attempt was made to form a Club of 
yachtsmen until 1 866, at which time there were no Yacht Clubs 
east of New York City. I do not intend to convey the idea that 
Boston had no one who felt an active interest in this invigorat- 
ing and manly pastime, as there were a number of very fine 
yachts owned and commanded by Bostonians ; but the idea of 
forming into an organized body did not fully develop until the 
season of 1866, when Messrs. Augustus Russ, Benjamin Dean, 
Eben Denton, Charles E. Russ, and Thomas Dean began active 
steps for the formation^ of this the first Yacht Club in New 
England. Did these few ardent admirers of salt water know 
what difficulties they would encounter in promulgating their 
plans, we fear that the Boston Yacht Club would have never 
been born ; but not being gifted with the vision of seers, having 
once brought it into existence, they spared no expense or labor 
in shielding it from the poisoned arrows of jealousy and conten- 
tion to which it was at times exposed. How far these efforts 
have succeeded, the elegant and costly Club House and prop- 
erty at South Boston, the long list of members and yachts, 
together with the substantial surplus in the Club treasury, 
can testify. 

The first active steps taken were in September, 1866, 
when the following circular was sent out : — 



boston yacht club. i i 

Dear Sir : — 

It is proposed that a few gentlemen interested in yachting 
should meet at the office of Mr. Augustus Russ, No. 14 Tre- 
mont Street, on Wednesday evening, September 19, at 7.30 
o'clock, to consider the propriety of forming a Yacht Club in 
Boston. You are respectfully invited to be present. 

Benjamin Dean. 
[Signed] <J Augustus Russ. 

Eben Denton. 

This resulted in calling together the following gentlemen : 
Augustus Russ, Charles E. Russ, Dexter H. Follett, Eben 
Denton, Augustus Lothrop, Joshua H. Pitman, Thomas Dean, 
Benjamin Dean, Thomas Manning, Arthur Cheney, C. C. Sheafe, 
George A. Bates, H. B. Jackson, Daniel Briscoe and John Greer. 
As this was rather an informal meeting, nothing of note was 
transacted, except to appoint a second meeting, September 26, 
in the same place, which meeting was largely attended, when, 
on motion of Mr. Benjamin Dean, it was voted, '' That it is expe- 
dient that a Yacht Club be formed in Boston, under the name 
of the Boston Yacht Club, for the purpose of encouraging yacht 
building and naval architecture, and the cultivation of naval sci- 
ence." It was then voted that each of the individuals present 
be a Committee to present names at future meetings, and pro- 
cure their acceptance. A Committee, consisting of Messrs. A. 
Russ, Briscoe, B. Dean, Manning, and Denton, the first named 
being elected chairman, was appointed to report on a plan of 
organization ; also that they would issue a circular to such per- 
sons as they deemed expedient, to invite them to join the Club. 
At the third meeting, October 1 7, at the office of Mr. Russ, the 
plan of organization was accepted. One week later, the circular 
arranged by the Committee was handed in, and a long list of 
names prepared, to whom the circulars were addressed. It was 
decided, at a meeting held October 31, to hold an informal 
meeting at the office of Mr. Russ each Wednesday evening until 
the Club had become permanent. Nothing of importance was 
transacted at these meetings except to report new members ; 



12 A HISTORY OF THE 

SO that by November 14 seventy-eight gentlemen had signed 
their willingness to join the Club. 

The meeting at which the organization was perfected, Con- 
stitution adopted, and the first board of officers elected, was held 
in the Parker House, November 21 ; Mr. A. Russ acted as 
Secretary/;-^ tcm., and Mr. Thomas Manning presided. Ninety 
gentlemen were present. The first business transacted was the 
reading of the Constitution, each article of which was taken up 
separately, and acted upon. The following is the Constitution 
of the Club at the present time, few changes having been made 
from the original : — 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of this Club shall be the Boston Yacht Club. 

ARTICLE II. 

Officers. 

The officers of this Club shall be, and rank, as follows : 
Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Rear-Commodore, Secretary, 
Clerk, Treasurer, two Measurers, and a Board of Trustees. 

The offices of Secretary and Clerk may be filled by one and 
the same person. 

The province of one of said Measurers shall be south of 
Cape Cod. 

ARTICLE III. 

REGULAR MEETINGS. 

The Regular Meetings of the Club shall be held on the 
last Wednesday of January, April, July, and October. The 
Annual Meeting shall be held on the last Wednesday of January, 
for the election of officers. Each officer shall be elected on 
separate ballot, and all officers shall hold office until successors 
shall be elected in their places ; but vacancies may be filled at 
any regular or special meeting. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 1 3 

ARTICLE IV. 

COMMITTEES. 

There shall be in the Club the following Committees, to 
be chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting : — 

A Regatta Committee, consisting of five members. 

A Membership Committee, consisting of the Commodore 
and Secretar}^, ex officiis, and three other members. 

ARTICLE V. 

DUTY OF COMMODORE. 

It shall be the duty of the Commodore to take command 
of the squadron, and to preside at all meetings, and rigidly 
enforce all laws and regulations of the Club. He may call a 
special meeting at his pleasure, and shall do so at the written 
request of three representatives of yachts. 

ARTICLE VL 

DUTY OF VICE-COMMODORE. 

It shall be the duty of the Vice-Commodore to assist the 
Commodore in the discharge of his duties, and in his absence 
to officiate in his stead. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DUTY OF REAR-COMMODORE. 

It shall be the duty of the Rear-Commodore to assist the 
Commodore and Vice-Commodore in the discharge of their 
duties, and in their absence to officiate in their stead. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

DUTY OF SECRETARY. 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary, — 
To keep a true record of the proceedings of every meeting 
of the Club in a book provided for that purpose. 



14 A HISTORY OF THE 

To keep a correct roll of all the members. 

To keep a correct list of the name, dimensions, rig, and 
ownership of each yacht enrolled in the Club. 

To file all documents, records, proxies, reports, and com- 
munications connected with the business of the Club. 

To notify each member-elect of his election, and upon his 
becoming a member, furnish him with a copy of the Club-book 
for the year. 

To have books printed as provided by the By-laws. 

To notify each member of every meeting. 

In case of inability to attend any meeting, he shall cause 
the necessary books and papers to be conveyed to the place of 
meeting. 

ARTICLE IX. 

DUTY OF TREASURER. 

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys 
due the Club, and pay all bills contracted by it, keeping a cor- 
rect account of the same in a book provided for that purpose. 

To make a report at the first general meeting of each year 
of all his receipts and disbursements, and of the amount of 
money remaining in his hands. 

To notify the Secretary of all members in arrears on the 
first day of December of each year. 

He shall have the custody of all the funds and property 
of the Club. 

ARTICLE X. 

DUTY OF MEASURERS. 

It shall be the duty of the Measurers to measure each 
yacht in their respective departments, and calculate its measure- 
ment as prescribed by the By-laws and Sailing Regulations, 
and make a return of the same to the Secretary. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 15 

ARTICLE XI. 

DUTY OF TRUSTEES. 

The Board of Trustees shall consist of the Commodore, — 
who shall be chairman ex officio, — and three other members. 

It shall be their duty to take the charge, control, and 
management of all the property, real and personal, belonging 
to the Club. 

They shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and make 
a report of the condition of the Club at the Annual Meeting. 

ARTICLE XII. 

REGATTAS. 

All regattas shall be arranged by a Committee of five 
members of the Club, who shall be elected annually at the 
Annual Meeting. 

Said Committee shall have power to fill its vacancies from 
Club members. 

It shall select one of its members to act as Secretary of 
the Committee, whose duty it shall be to keep in a book for 
that purpose a true record of each meeting of the Committee, 
which book shall be transmitted to his successor in said office. 

On the decision of a race, he shall send, within three days 
thereof, an official notice of the same to the Club Secretary, 
Treasurer, and the owner of the winning yacht, and in the case 
of a cup or other prize offered by a private party, shall send the 
same notice to the donor. 

The Club Secretary shall send, within ten days of the 
receipt thereof, a printed copy of said official notice to each 
member of the Club. 

ARTICLE XIIL 

All voting shall be by Representatives of Yachts, by life- 
members, and by other members who have paid ten annual 
assessments ; but this shall not entitle the sole owner of more 



1 6 A HISTORY OF THE 

than one yacht to more than one vote, but he shall elect which 
yacht shall vote, and no member shall have more than one 
vote. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

CANDIDATES. PRELIMINARIES TO BALLOT. WHAT SHALL 

REJECT. 

Any person shall be eligible for membership. 

Each candidate for admission must be proposed and sec- 
onded in writing, the name and address of the candidate, with 
the names of the members proposing and seconding him, to be 
sent to the Secretary at least ten days before the meeting at 
which he shall be balloted for, and also to be placed in the 
notices of said meeting. 

Should the proposer and seconder of any candidate be 
absent from the meeting at which the candidate is to be balloted 
for, his name may be passed over to the next meeting. 

Elections of members can take place at any general or 
special meeting. 

Candidates can be elected members only by ballot, and 
shall, on election, pay an admission fee of twenty dollars. 

A quorum shall consist of representatives of five yachts, 
and a candidate shall be rejected if one-fifth of the ballots of 
those voting shall appear against him. 

The provisions of this article as to form of proposition for 
membership and notice may be suspended, by unanimous vote 
at any meeting, provided that notice of such proposition shall 
be given to the yacht owners at least three days before. 

All applicants for membership shall, in addition to the 
foregoing provisions, and before their names shall be placed on 
the notices of a meeting, be approved by the Committee on 
Membership. 

ARTICLE XV. 

AMENDMENTS, HOW MADE. 

This Constitution may be amended at any regular or special 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 1 7 

meeting, notice of the amendment proposed having been given 
at the regular meeting next preceding, or printed upon the 
notifications, sent to each member, of the meeting at which the 
amendment is to be acted upon ; provided the same shall receive 
the votes of a majority of the yacht owners present. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 

Any person who has distinguished himself in the encour- 
agement of yacht building, and naval architecture, or who has 
rendered this Club important services and benefits, — or whom, 
for other reasons, the Club may see fit thus to honor, — maybe 
elected an honorary member of the Club, the like proceedings 
being observed as are provided with reference to applications 
for membership. 

Honorary members shall be exempt from all assess- 
ments. 

ARTICLE XVIL 

ASSESSMENT. 

The annual assessment shall be ten dollars, payable on or 
before the Regular Meeting in January, and this shall be the 
only assessment made. 

Any person elected a member between the first day of 
October and the succeeding Annual Meeting shall not be 
required to pay any assessment for the time preceding such 
Annual Meeting. 

Members residing out of the Commonwealth may become 
life-members, after recommendation by the Committee on Mem- 
bership, by paying a sum which, added to their assessments 
already paid, will amount to one hundred dollars. 

Any member, and any person, who, on joining the Club, 
shall elect to become a life-member, shall, by the payment of 
one hundred dollars, become a life-member, and be free from 
all future assessments. 



l8 A HISTORY OF THE 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

PERMANENT FUND. 

The sum of five hundred dollars, together with one-half of 
all sums hereafter received from all regular fees, dues, or assess- 
ments, and such sums as the Club may, from time to time, vote 
in addition thereto, shall constitute a Permanent Fund. Said 
Permanent Fund shall be, from time to time, invested and 
re-invested by the Trustees in their discretion, except when 
instructed by the Club. The income of this fund shall be 
annually added to the principal, and no portion of it, or of its 
income, shall be expended for any purpose until the fund shall 
amount to the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

The good faith of every member of the Club, and of every 
person hereafter becoming a member, is pledged not to propose 
any diversion of said fund, or any diminution of its said rate 
of increase. 

The Trustees shall, at each Annual Meeting, make a 
detailed report in writing of the condition of the fund. 

After said fund shall have arrived at the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars, only the income thereof may be expended. The 
said rate of increase may thereafter be, from time to time, 
altered by vote of the Club ; but the unexpended income shall 
be annually added to the principal, and become a part thereof, 
until said Permanent Fund shall amount to the sum of twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 



The election of officers was next in order. Mr. D. H. 
Follett was elected Commodore ; but, as a mark of courtesy, 
resigned in favor of Thomas Manning. That gentleman, how- 
ever, would not accept of his offer, consequently Mr. Follett 
was retained. Mr. Manning was elected Vice-Commodore ; 
Augustus Russ, Treasurer ; Thomas Dean, Secretary; and 
Dexter S. Stone, Measurer. The Trustees were Benjamin 
Dean, Arthur Cheney, and William T. Adams (Oliver Optic). 
A Committee, to prepare By-laws, consisted of H. B. Jackson, 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



19 



Thomas Manning, and Daniel Briscoe ; while Arthur Cheney, 
J. Aborn, and A. C. Gary made up a Committee to obtain 
rooms for the use of the Club. 

The number of boats belonging to the Club was twenty- 
five, of which twelve were schooners, and thirteen sloops. 
They were as follows : — 





SCHOONERS. 






NAMB. 


OWNER. LENGTH OVER ALL. 


DRAFT. TONNAGE. 


Carrie, 


F. F. Bibber, 


33 ft. 




4 ft. 12 


Dawn, 


T. P. Barnes, Jr., 


31 ft. 




3 ft. 10 


Electra, 


J. H. Sears, 


29 ft. 




4 ft. 9 in., 7 


Ellie, 


A. Freeman, 


40 ft. 




6 ft. 25 


J. Q. Adams, 


Augustus Lothrop, 


34 ft. 3 


in. 


4 ft. 5 in. 10 


Juniata, 


Arthur Cheney, 


85 ft. 




6 ft. 82 






[With centre-board down 13 ft.] 


Marie, 


H. B. Jackson, 


45 ft. 6 


in. 


3 ft. 10 in. 15 


Mercury, 


J. E. Herman, 


34 ft. 5 


in. 


5 ft. 3 in. II 


Minnie, 


( Thomas Manning, 
( George O. Sears, 


52 ft. 6 


in. 


6 ft. 9 in. 42 


Nettie, 


Dexter H. Follett, 


73 ft. 




8 ft. lOQ 






[With centre-board down i8 ft.] 


Ranger, 


S. W. Willson, 


30 ft. 




4 ft. 9 


Sadie, 


G. H. Bates, 


51ft. 




4 ft. 6 in. 4 


Trifle, 

\ 


A. Masters. 

SLOOPS. 








Clitheroe, 


Benjamin Dean, 

( J. B. Herreshoff, 
( D. S. Stone, 


27 ft. 




2 ft. 10 in. 8 


Clytie, 


36 ft. 




4 ft. 18 




[Bristol, R. I.] 








Columbia, 


A. and C. E. Russ, 


39'ft. I 


in. 


5 ft. 4 in. 22 


Ella, 


J. Greer, 


22 ft. 




4 ft. 4 in. 5 


Fanchon 


( J. B. Herreshoff, 
( D. S. Stone, 

[Bristol, R. I.] 


22 ft. 




2 ft. 6 in. 10 


Fannie, 


B. F. Gibbs, 


23 ft. 6 


in. 


3 ft. 6 


Irene, 


Bernard Jenny, 








Kelpie, 


G. H. Bates, 


33 ft. 




3 ft. 14 



20 A HISTORY OF THE 



NAME. 


OWNER. 


LENGTH OVER ALL. 


DRAFT. TONNAGB. 


Mist, 


J. H. Pitman, 


32 ft. 


4 ft. 6 in. 9 


Parquet a, 


J. Gross, 


25 ft. 


3 ft. 3 ii^i- 6 


Scud, 


C. E. Folsom, 






Tartar, 


H. C. Miles, 


29 ft. 9 in. 


I ft. 6 in. 7 


Violet, 


Eben Denton, 


35 ft. 


4 ft. 15 



Of this list the Columbia, Ella, Mist, and Parqueta are 
keel sloops. It will be seen that all but three of the above 
named schooners are keel-boats. The Nettie was furnished 
with a new patent metallic centre-board, made in sections, 
which shut up like a fan below the cabin floor. She is the 
first vessel into which the new invention was introduced. 
The inventor was W. F. Davis, of Boston. 

Wednesday, December 5, during a meeting at the same 
place, the Committee on Rooms were given full power to engage 
rooms at a rental of not more than fifteen hundred dollars per an- 
num. These gentlemen, a few weeks later, engaged the premises 
at the corner of Pemberton Square and Tremont Street for the 
above price, without taxes. Some talk of obtaining an act of 
incorporation for the Club was indulged in, resulting in the 
appointment of a Committee, consisting of the Commodore, 
Vice-Commodore, Messrs. B. Dean, A. Russ, and M. Dyer, 
to secure the same. The Committee on By-laws presented their 
report, which, in the main, was as follows, a few changes having 
been added from time to time : — 

CHAPTER I. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

I. At every meeting, a quorum being present, the order 
of business shall be as follows : — 

First. — Reading of the minutes of the last meeting, 
which shall stand approved unless corrected. 

Second. — Reports of Committees. 

Third. — Election of officers and members. 

Fourth. — Miscellaneous business. 

Fifth. — Adjournment, 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 21 

CHAPTER 11. 

RULES OF ORDER. RIGHTS OF CHAIRMAN. 

1. Any member wishing to speak shall rise and address 
the Chair. If two or more members shall claim the floor at 
the same time, the Chair shall decide who is entitled to it. 

MOTIONS. HOW MADE. 

2. All motions or resolutions shall be reduced to writing, 
if it is required by any member present. 

ALL PRESENT SHALL VOTE. 

3. When a question is put, every voter present shall 
vote, unless' personally interested, or excused by the Chair. 

LIMITATION OF DEBATE. 

4. No member shall speak more than twice upon the 
same question, without permission of the Chair. 

YEAS AND NAYS. 

5. Any voter may call for the yeas and nays on any de- 
batable motion, and the Secretary shall call the names of the 
voters present, and enroll the vote. 

SUSPENSION OF RULES. 

6. Any of the foregoing rules of order may be suspended 
by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present, but such suspen- 
sion shall terminate with the meeting. 

RIGHTS OF CHAIRMAN. 

7. During the continuance of any meeting, no member 
shall leave the room without the permission of the Chair. 

CHAPTER HI. 

ADMISSION FEE. TREASURER'S RECEIPT. 

I. The receipt of the Treasurer shall be sufficient evi- 
dence of the payment of the entrance-fee by the member 



22 A HISTORY OF THE 

elected, of his right to the privileges, and of his assent to the 
rules of the Club. 

DELINQUENTS TO BE NOTIFIED. 

2. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to notify members 
who are in arrears, and to report their names at each Regular 
Meeting. 

PENALTY FOR NON-PAYMENT. 

3. No member shall withdraw from the Club while in 
arrears to the Club, provided, however, that the name of any 
member whose assessments are overdue three months, may at 
any meeting be stricken from the roll after at least one week's 
notice to such delinquent member, that his delinquency will be 
passed upon at said meeting. The notices to other members 
than the delinquent shall state the fact that delinquencies 
are to be acted on, but need not contain the names of 
delinquents. 

ABSENT MEMBERS. 

4. Members who are absent from the United States for 
the whole fiscal year shall be exempt from their dues for such 
year, provided they give notice of such absence to the Secre- 
tary. 

EXEMPTIONS. 

5. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be exempt from all 
dues and assessments. 

COMPENSATION. 

6. The Secretary shall receive one hundred dollars per 
annum for his services. 

A Measurer shall receive from the Treasurer the sum of 
five dollars for measuring a yacht of the first class, four dollars 
for one of the second class, and three dollars for one of the 
third class. The Treasurer shall collect the sums so paid of 
the owners of the yachts measured. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 23 

CHAPTER IV. 

YACHT SQUADRON. WHAT YACHTS MAY BE ENROLLED. 

1. Any yacht not less than eighteen feet in length, owned 
with her sails, spars, and appointments, in whole or in part by 
a member of the Club, and approved by a Measurer of the 
Club, may be enrolled in the Yacht Squadron, upon the owner 
or owners thereof filing with the Secretary a description of the 
vessel, containing her name, ownership, size, rig, signal, and 
the name and address of her builder, if known. 

2. From the date of enrollment, such yacht shall be en- 
titled to the privileges and be subject to the regulations of the 
Club. 

PART OWNER RESPONSIBLE. 

3. A member of the Club owning a part of any enrolled 
yacht, and carrying the Club flag, shall be responsible that the 
other owners shall respect and obey the regulations of the 
Club, so long as the signal shall be carried by her. 

4. No yacht shall be enrolled in the Club that is for let or 
hire, or is used for business purposes. 

CLUB SIGNAL. 

5. The Club signal shall be a broad swallow-tailed pennant 
of blue ground, with red cross extending from end to end, with 
a white star in the triangle nearest the halliards ; the bars of 
the cross meeting at the crotch of the pennant. Its length 
shall not exceed one inch to every foot of length of the 
deck. 

The width at the halliards shall be three-fifths of the 
length, and the distance between the tails one-half the extreme 
width. 

The bars shall be in width one-eighth of the extreme 
width of the flag. 

commodore's flag. 

6. The Commodore's flag shall be a broad pennant of blue 



24 A HISTORY OF THE 

ground, with white foul anchor, of the same length and of the 
same width at the halliards as his Club signal, and the distance 
between the tails shall be equal to three-fourths the width at 
the halliards. 

vice-commodore's flag. 

7. The Vice-Commodore's flag shall be of the same shape 
and pattern, with red ground and white foul anchor. 

rear-commodore's flag. 

8. The Rear-Commodore's flag shall be of the same shape 
and pattern, with white ground and red foul anchor. 

name of yacht and club signal. 

9. Each enrolled yacht shall have her name legible on the 
outside of her stern, and shall carry the Club signal while 
under way ; but, if lent to a person not a member of the Club, 
she shall not carry its flag or signal, nor be entitled to any of 
the privileges of the Club. 

YACHT flag, etc. 

ID. Each yacht shall carry the American Yacht Flag and 
a private signal : a description of the latter is to be filed with 
the Secretarv. 

number IX enrollment. 

11. Each yacht shall have a number in the enrollment, 
and shall be known thereby. 

YACHT WHEN SOLD. 

1 2. Any member buying or selling a yacht, or any part of 
one, shall notify the Secretary within thirty days ; and any 
yacht so bought shall be duly enrolled and numbered ; or, if 
sold, her name shall be erased from the squadron, unless one 
of her purchasers be a member of the Club. 

SIGNAL CODE. 

13. The code of signals adopted by the Club shall be 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 2$ 

♦* Rogers' Commercial Code of Signals for the use of all 
Nations." 

CHAPTER V. 

MISCELLANEOUS. SQUADRON EXCURSION. 

1. At least once in each season there may be a review, a 
regatta, and an excursion of the squadron, at times and places 
to be designated by the Commodore, at which all the yachts 
shall be present, unless excused by him. 

MISDEMEANORS. 

2. Any member found guilty of breaking the rules and 
regulations of this Club, of disobeying the Commodore when, 
sailing in squadron, or of conduct unbecoming a gentleman^ 
may, after a fair trial, of which he shall have at least ten days'* 
notice, and at which he may be heard in his own defence, be 
admonished, suspended, fined, expelled, or deprived of any of 
the privileges of the Club for a given time, by a vote of two- 
thirds of the voters present at a regular or special meeting. 

DUTY OF SECRETARY. 

3. The Secretary is required to have printed a book, and 
to send a copy thereof to each and every member of the Club ; 
the said book to contain a fac-simile of the Club flags and the 
private signal of each yacht-owner ; a copy of the Constitution, 
Roll, and By-laws ; a list of the yachts, wdth the names of 
the owners ; a list of officers and members ; and the Regatta 
and Sailing Regulations. 

He shall also keep a record of all yachts at any time be- 
longing to the Club, and of their dimensions as much in detail 
as may be, including length over all, on the water-line, breadth, 
draft of water, whether keel or centre-board, draft with centre- 
board, draft without, and tonnage, old measurement. 



Chaptkr II. 

1867. 

THE first regular monthly meeting of the Club was held at 
their rooms, January 30, 1867. A House Committee, con- 
sisting of Messrs. Denton, Dyer, T. Dean, Cary, and Cheney, 
was appointed to serve one year, with full powers in matters 
relating to the management of the home affairs of the Club. 
The members loaned a number of articles of decoration, etc., 
while excellent taste was displayed by the Committee detailed to 
furnish the rooms. It was voted at this meeting that no liquor 
should be kept in the rooms ; subsequently, however, I find the 
item of " checks " quite a source of revenue. The Rules 
framed February 13 by the Committee on Rooms, or, as they 
were afterwards called, a House Committee, were as follows : — 

1. The room shall be open on such days and such hours 
as the Commodore shall direct. 

2. No games of any kind for money shall be allowed. 

3. After the business meeting is called to order, no 
smoking, and all games shall cease, until said meeting is 
dissolved. 

The efforts of the Club to obtain an act of incorporation 
were defeated by a very close vote in the Legislature. This 
defeat was attributed to the feeling held by many members of 
the General Court against all incorporated bodies. The follow- 
ing year, however, their efforts met with success. On March 
1 3 it was voted, " That all persons admitted to membership 
prior to the first day of January last, who have not taken any 
part whatever in the proceedings of the Club, be permitted to 
withdraw their names from the rolls of tTie Club." A new set 
of By-laws, also new room regulations, were adopted April 24, 
but they did not greatly differ from those already published. 
A yacht squadron was also organized. Mr. Dexter resigned 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 2/ 

from the Committee on Membership and was succeeded by- 
George D. Oxnard. The first Regatta Committee was ap- 
pointed May 8. This consisted of the Commodore, Vice-Com- 
modore, A. Russ, H. B. Jackson, and D. Briscoe. These gentle- 
men appointed June 7 as the day the first regatta should be 
sailed. The " Rogers' Commercial Code of Signals " was 
adopted at this meeting. 

The Sailing Regulations of the Club were as follows : — 

RULE I. 

MEASUREMENT. 

The measurement adopted by this Club shall be the 
length on the water-line added to one-third the difference 
between that and the length over all abaft the stem. 

RULE 11. 

CLASSES. 

Yachts shall be divided into three classes, according to 
their measurement, and yachts of the first two classes shall be 
subdivided according to their rig ; provided, that the Regatta 
Committee may alter this classification at their discretion for 
special occasions. 

RULE III. 

FIRST CLASS. 

The first class shall comprise all yachts measuring thirty- 
eight feet and upwards. 

SECOND CLASS. 

The second class shall comprise all yachts measuring 
twenty-six feet, and less than thirty-eight feet. 

THIRD CLASS. 

The third class shall comprise all yachts measuring 
eighteen feet, and under twenty-six feet. 



28 A HISTORY OF THE 

Any yacht may enter races with yachts of a higher class 
than that to which she belongs, by assuming the minimum 
measurement of the class she enters. 

RULE IV. 

ALLOWANCE. 

Time shall be allowed for difference of measurement 
according to the table in the appendix of the Club-book, the 
length of the boats being taken as 

I - 3 ( length on deck abaft the stem -|- twice the length 
on the water-line). 

RULE V. 

DUES PAID BEFORE ENTRY. 

No yacht shall be entered for a regatta unless the dues of 
its owner are fully paid, and a Measurer's certificate of her 
measurement is filed with the Secretary. 

RULE VI. 

RACES RESAILED. 

Should any yacht duly entered for a race not start, or, 
having started, should she give up, or be disabled during the 
race, such yacht shall, in event of the race being resailed, be 
entitled to start ; but no new entry shall be received under 
any circumstances. 

RULE VII. 

OWNERSHIP. 

No member shall be interested in more than one yacht 
competing for the same prize. 

RULE VIII. 

FIRST AND SECOND CLASSES WHAT FORBIDDEN. 

No changes in spars, ballast, or furniture in the first and 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 2g 

second classes on the day of the race, nor trimming by dead 
weight in any class during a regatta shall be allowed. 

RULE IX. 

BALLAST AND CREW. 

Each yacht shall carry throughout the race the same 
ballast and crew with which she started. 

RULE X. 

ALLOWANCE OF MEN. 

A yacht may carry one man for every five feet of her 
length or fractional part thereof. 

RULE XL 

SAILS. 

There shall be no restrictions as to sails. 

RULE XIL 

FIRST CLASS BOATS. 

Yachts of the first class shall carry a boat not less than 
ten feet in length. 

RULE XIIL 

GENERAL RULES. 

Nothing but the hand-lead and line shall be used in 
sounding. 

No means shall be used to propel a yacht except sails. 

Yachts may anchor during a regatta, but must weigh the 
anchor again, and not slip. 

RULE XIV. 

POSTPONING RACE. 

The Regatta Committee shall have power to postpone 



30 A HISTORY OF THE 

any race, should very foul weather render such a course 
desirable. 

RULE XV. 

REGATTA COMMITTEE. 

A yacht infringing any regulation of the Regatta Com- 
mittee, shall not be entitled to a prize. 

RULE XVL 
Yachts going free shall give way to those by the wind. 

RULE XVIL 

Yachts on the port tack shall give way to those on the 
starboard tack. 

RULE XVIIL 

MEETING END ON. 

If two yachts are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as 
to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to 
port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other. 

RULE XIX. 

PASSING OBSTRUCTIONS. 

When passing a pier, rock, vessel, or other obstruction to 
sea-room, should yachts not be clear of each other, the out- 
side yacht must give room to the yacht in danger of fouling 
such obstruction, whether she be the weather or the leeward 
yacht ; provided always that an overlap has been established 
before the obstruction is actually reached. 

RULE XX. 

If two yachts are standing toward a shore or shoal, or 
toward a buoy, boat, or vessel (a mark vessel excepted), and is 
not able to tack without coming into collision with the yacht 
to windward, the latter shall at once tack, on being hailed to 



X BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 3 1 

do SO by the owner of the leeward yacht, or the person acting 
as his representative, who shall be bound to see that his own 
vessel tacks at the same time. 

RULE XXL 

COURSES. 

When two yachts are approaching a windward shore, 
buoy or stake-boat, and are so close that the weathermost one 
cannot bear away clear of the yacht to leeward, and by stand- 
ing on would be in danger of running ashore or touching the 
buoy or stake-boat, such leewardmost yacht, on being requested 
to bear away, shall instantly comply. The yacht to windward 
shall bear away the moment she can do so without a colli- 
sion. 

RULE XXII. 

ROUNDING BUOYS. 

When rounding a mark, stake-boat or buoy, the yacht 
nearest thereto shall be considered the headmost boat. No 
yacht shall touch a stake-boat or buoy used to mark out the 
course, under pain of forfeiting all claim to the prize, unless 
compelled to do so to avoid collision. 

RULE XXIII. 

LUFFING AND BEARING AWAY. 

A yacht may luff as she pleases to prevent another 
yacht's passing to windward, but must not bear away out of 
her course to hinder the other's passing to leeward, the lee 
side to be considered that on which the leading yacht of the 
tw^o carries her main-boom. The overtaking vessel, if to lee- 
ward, must not luff until she has drawn clear ahead of the 
yacht she has overtaken. 

RULE XXIV. 

Of two yachts close-hauled, on the same tack, the wind- 
ward yacht has the right of way. 



32 A HISTORY OF THE 

RULE XXV. 

A yacht infringing the right of way shall not be entitled 
to a prize. 

RULE XXVL 

MAN OVERBOARD. 

In case of a man's falling overboard from a competing 
yacht, if it should appear that any yacht by reason of render- 
ing assistance was prevented winning the race, the Committee 
shall have power to order it resailed between any yacht or 
yachts so prevented and the actual winner. 

RULE XXVII. 

All yachts not in the race must, without regard to other 
regulations, keep to leeward and out of the way of the yachts 



racmg. 



RULE XXVIII. 



There shall be a member of the Club on board each yacht 



contestmg m a regatta. 



RULE XXIX. 



If any yacht shall make the race in the time prescribed 
for her class, it shall be deemed a race for that class. 

RULE XXX. 

Any violation of rules must be immediately reported to 
the Regatta Committee, and the protest shall be filed in writ- 
ing with the Secretary of the Committee by noon of the 
second day succeeding the regatta. 

RULE XXXI. 

These sailing regulations may be amended at any regular 
or special meeting by a quorum of yacht-owners only ; pro- 
vided, that notice of the proposed amendment has been given 
in the notice of the meeting. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 33 

COURSES. 

The following courses for regattas have been adopted by 
the Club, with the proviso that the Regatta Committee may, 
if they see fit, appoint other courses. 

FIRST CLASS COURSE. 

From a point off the Club House out Broad Sound, leav- 
ing Ram Head buoy on the starboard. Fawn Bar on the port, 
rounding the Whistling buoy off the north-east ledge of the 
Graves, leaving it on the starboard ; thence to the Bell-boat on 
the Hardings, leaving it on the starboard, up Light House 
Channel, through the Narrows, leaving George's, and Gallop's 
Island, Nix's Mate buoy, and Spectacle Island on the port, to 
the point of starting. 

SECOND CLASS COURSE. 

From point off the Club House down the West Way, 
leaving Thompson's Island and Rainsford Island on the star- 
board. Long Island, and George's Island, and buoy No. 7 on 
the port, and back through the Narrows, leaving George's, and 
Gallop's Island, Nix's Mate buoy, and buoy No. 7, off Fort 
Independence, on the port ; thence to Cow Pasture, or Dor- 
chester buoy No. 6, leaving it on the port, thence back to the 
point of starting. 

THIRD CLASS COURSE. 

From the starting point as above, to the Cow Pasture 
buoy No. 6, leaving it on the port, thence to buoy No. 7, off 
Fort Independence, leaving it on the starboard ; thence to the 
Sculpin Ledge buoy, leaving it on the port, thence to buoy 
No. 6 on the Lower Middle, leaving it on the port, thence to 
the point of starting. 



34 A HISTORY OF THE 

The Uniform and Dress adopted by the Club was as fol- 
lows : — ^ 

FULL DRESS. 

Frock Coat of Navy blue cloth, faced with the same, and 
lined with black silk serge ; double-breasted, with two rows of 
large-sized Yacht Club buttons on the breast, nine in each 
row, placed four inches and a half apart from eye to eye at 
top, and two inches and a half at bottom ; rolling collar ; 
skirts with one large button behind on each hip, and one near 
the bottom of each fold ; cuffs to be closed, and from three to 
three and a half inches deep. 

Pantaloons of Navy blue cloth or white drill. 

Vest of white drill, single-breasted, with standing collar 
or rolling collar, to button nearly to the throat, with nine small 
buttons. 

Neckerchief of black silk. 

Cap of Navy blue cloth, not less than two and a half nor 
more than three inches high, and top not more than half an 
inch greater diameter than at base. 

Shoulder Straps to be of Navy blue cloth, four inches and 
seven-eighths long, and one inch and a half wide including the 
border, which is to be a quarter of an inch wide, embroidered 
in gold. 

For Commodore, the devices on the strap shall be a silver 
foul anchor, seven-eighths of an inch in length, at each end, 
with the stock inclined outward, and three silver five-pointed 
stars of half an inch diameter in line in centre. 

For Vice-Commodore, same device as for Commodore, 
substituting two stars in lieu of three. 

For Rear-Commodore, same device as for Commodore, 
substituting one star in lieu of three. 

For Captain, same device as for Commodore, substituting 
the Club monogram in silver in lieu of stars. 

For Secretary, same as for Commodore, substituting the 
letter S, in old English, in silver, in lieu of stars. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 35 

For Treasurer, same as for Secretary, substituting the 
letter T, in old English, in lieu of S. 

For Measurers, same as for Secretary, substituting the 
letter M. 

Cap ornaments to be as follows : — 

For Commodore, the Club monogram one inch and one- 
quarter in diameter, embroidered in gold and silver, with a 
silver star of half an inch in diameter at each side of, and one 
above, the monogram, with a space of three-sixteenths of an 
inch between the monogram and the stars. 

For Vice-Commodore, same as for Commodore, omitting 
the star above the monogram. 

For Rear-Commodore, same as for Commodore, omitting 
the star at each side of the monogram. 

For Captain, same of for Commodore, omitting the 
stars. 

For Secretary, same as for Captain, with the letter S, in 
old English, in silver, above the monogram. 

For Treasurer, same as for Secretary, substituting the 
letter T, in old English, in lieu of S. 

For Measurer, same as for Secretary, substituting the 
letter M, in old English, in lieu of S. 

For Members, same as for Captain. 

Sleeve Ornaments to be as follows : — 

For Commodore, five stripes of gold lace one-eighth of 
an inch wide, and placed one-eighth of an inch apart, the first 
stripe being below, but joining the cuif-seam, and the others 
distributed upwardly. 

For Vice-Commodore, four stripes arranged in like 
manner. 

For Rear-Commodore, three stripes arranged in like 
manner. 

For Captain, Secretary, Treasurer, and Measurers, two 
stripes arranged in like manner. 

For Members, one stripe arranged in like manner. 



36 A HISTORY OF THE 

UNDRESS. 

For Officers and Yacht-owners, double-breasted sack- 
coats of Navy blue cloth, or fine blue flannel ; cuffs closed ; 
same straps as for full dress coat ; two rows of large size 
Yacht Club buttons, four in each row. 

For members, the same, substituting single-breasted for 
double-breasted, with a row of four large Club buttons in 
front. 

Pantaloons of fine blue flannel may be worn. 

Vests of Navy blue cloth, or fine blue flannel, of the 
same pattern as for full dress, may be substituted for white 
drill. 

Straw hats may be worn in undress in place of the cap, 
of the following pattern : body to be not more than four and a 
half nor less than four inches in height, and the rim not more 
than three and a half nor less than three inches in width, with 
a plain band of black ribbon. 

Neckerchief of black silk. 

SERVICE DRESS. 

Round jackets of Navy blue cloth or fine blue flannel, 
faced with the same ; double-breasted, with two rows of large- 
sized buttons on the breast, nine in each row ; rolling collar ; 
cuff closed. Same straps and lace as on full dress coat. 

BUTTONS. 

To be of two sizes — large and small — in accordance 
with the pattern adopted by the Club. 

UNIFORM FOR SAILING MASTERS. 

Round Jackets, or Sack Coats, of Navy blue cloth or blue 
flannel. Same number of buttons as for members ; to be of 
the small size on the jackets and of the large size on the 
sack coats, with a foul anchor embroidered in white, two and 
a half inches in length, upon the right sleeve, in front, above 
the elbow, with the Club monogram above it. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 37 

Pantaloons of Navy blue cloth, blue flannel, or white 
drill, same as for members. 

Vests of Navy blue cloth, blue flannel, or white drill, 
same as for members. 

Neckerchief of black silk. 

Caps of Navy blue cloth, same pattern as for members, 
without ornament. 

Straw Hats, same as for members, may be worn in warm 
weather for service dress. 

Mates will wear the same as the above, without the 
monogram. 

DRESS OF THE CREW. 

Round Jackets of blue flannel ; blue shirt, with wide 
collar with star in each corner. 

Pantaloons of blue flannel ; glazed belt, with name of 
yacht thereon. 

Neckerchief of black silk. 

Cap of blue cloth, without visor ; or small hat, with name 
of yacht on the ribbon. The hat shall be of sennit. 

The belt and ribbon shall be black ; the letters gold. 



Like all organizations of this kind, a number of men who at 
first were enthusiastic, became, after a brief period, indifferent, 
leaving their assessments and other obligations due the Club 
without a word of explanation. This class began to multiply 
in the ranks of the organization under review, so that at the 
meeting held May 29 a number were dishonorably discharged ; 
while others, such as the proprietor of the steamboat Rose 
Standish, who freely tendered that boat for two special trips 
during the Review, R. M. Yale for a present of a yacht flag, 
D. B. Joy Jeffrey for several engravings of English yachts, 
and the firm of Messrs. Underwood, Denton & Briscoe for 
presents of charts, magazines, etc., received the thanks of the 
Club. 



Charter III. 

I S6y CONTINUED. 

THE first Review of the Club squadron took place June 8. 
The weather was anything but desirable, being cloudy, 
with a strong wind blowing from the north-east. Commodore 
Follett was assisted by A. Claxton Cary as flag officer. The 
yachts Nettie, Mercury, Clitheroe, Ellie, Juniata, Sadie, Violet, 
Columbia, Minnie, and Marie were in position and received the 
chief officer of the Club in a handsome manner, while he, in 
his report, expressed himself as being greatly pleased at their 
fine appearance. After the general inspection, the fleet set sail 
for Hull, where they were met by the non-yacht-owning mem- 
bers, who, with their families, were transported thither on the 
steamer Rose Standish. It is a question as to who had the 
most enjoyable time, those on the yachts or on the steamer.-* 
While the former trip may have been more exciting, yet the 
pleasing selections rendered by the famous Gilmore's Band, on 
board the latter, together with the large and merry assembly, 
made it, I think, preferable at least for the ladies. At Hull 
the passengers were transferred on board the assembled yachts 
and enjoyed an hour's sail, returning to the city about seven 
o'clock, fully convinced that there are few pleasures equal to 
those derived from a review of the squadron of an enterprising 
yacht club. 

June 17, the day appointed for the first Regatta of the 
Club, was not the most perfect for the full enjoyment of the 
affair, the weather being densely foggy, while a moderate wind 
was blowing from the east-north-east. The fog delayed the 
start somewhat, but at nine minutes and fifteen seconds past 
2 o'clock the yachts entered in the first class started. They 
were the Juniata, Nettie, Minnie, Sadie, Marie, J. O. Adams, 
Columbia, Glimpse, and Ellie. The second class yachts imme- 



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39 



diately took position, but were not started until 2.50 o'clock. 
The entries in this class were the Violet, Mist, Carrie, Electra, 
Clitheroe, Kelpie, Scud, Clytie, Triple, Ranger, and Mercury. 
The third class boats were started at three minutes and three 
seconds past 3 o'clock. The starters were Parqueta, Fannie, 
and Ella. The courses over which the first and second classes 
sailed were from the starting point, between Rainsford and 
Gallop's Islands to Davis Ledge Buoy oif Minot's, and return, 
a distance of nine and one-quarter miles. The third class pro- 
ceeded around Gallop's Island, Long Island, and Spectacle 
Islands, (leaving them all on the port side,) and return. The 
return was as follows : — 





FIRST CLASS. 






NAME. 


HOURS. 


MINUTES. 


SECONDS 


Nettie, 


5 


10 


51 


Juniata, 


5 


13 


29 


Sadie, 


5 


21 


16 


Minnie, 


5 


24 


3 


Ellie, 


5 


58 


ID 


Columbia, 


5 


48 


39 


J. Q. Adams, 


5 


59 


25 


Marie, 


6 

SECOND CLASS, 


8 


42 


Clytie, 


5 


51 


43 


Violet, 


6 


I 


5 


Kelpie, 


6 


2 


51 


Clitheroe, 


6 


20 


32 


Mist, 


6 


24 


II 



[No others of this Class taken.] 

THIRD CLASS. " 

Fannie, 4 38 30 

Parqueta, 5 18 30 

Ella, 5 22 31 

The order of proceedure as returned by the Judges, based 



40 



A HISTORY OF THE 



on the allowance due on account of difference of measure- 
ment, was as follows : — 





FIRST 


CLASS. 






NAME. 


HOURS. 




MINUTES. 


SECONDS, 


Sadie, 


2 




52 


25 


Minnie, 


2 




56 


I I 


Nettie, 


2 




54 


22 


Juniata, 


3 




4 


14 


Columbia, 


3 




7 


4 


Ellie, 


3 




i6 


35 


J. Q. Adams, 


3 




17 


50 


Marie, 


3 

SECOND 


CLASS. 


34 


33 


Clytie, 


3 




10 


14 


Kelpie, 


3 




14 


42 


Violet, 


3 




i8 




Clitheroe, 


3 




22 


14 


Mist, 


3 

THIRD 


CLASS. 


36 


2 


Fannie 


I 




32 


40 


Parquet a, 


2 




15 


30 


Ella, 


2 




15 


38 


Prizes were awarded as fol' 


ows : — 


- 





FIRST CLASS. 

First prize, Sadie ; second prize, Minnie. 

SECOND CLASS. 

First prize, Clytie ; second prize, Violet. The Judges 
denied the Kelpie the second prize, deciding that she had 
failed to comply with Rule 20 of the Sailing Regulations. 

THIRD CLASS. 

First prize, Fannie ; second prize, Parqueta. 
The Judges on this occasion w^ere Messrs. Charles L. 
Woodbury, William H. Hinckley, William Pratt, Jr., D. J. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 4 1 

Lawlor and George D. Oxnard, they being stationed on board 
the school-ship George M. fearnard, while the steamer Charles 
Houghton was chartered to convey the members and their 
families of those not possessing yachts. 

Thus ended the first regatta of yachts under one organ- 
ization which sailed out of Boston, and although the crafts 
engaged therein may appear, and are, vastly inferior to the 
racers of to-day, yet they formed the necleus for the splendid 
naval architectural" achievements that render our city and 
yachts famous throughout the world. The sight of those 
crafts lightly skimming over the water was one of beauty, 
while the novelty of the sport rendered it exciting to all who 
witnessed it. The officers^ and those engaged in its arrange- 
ment, are deserving of credit for the careful attention to 
details of the race, while those who took an active part therein 
displayed excellent judgment and skill in the handling of 
their boats. 

By request of the Hon. Thomas Russell, Collector of the 
port of Boston, and by the City Reception Committee, the 
squadron, by order of the Commodore, paraded on June 25, 
in honor of President Andrew Johnson, who was visiting this 
city. The weather was cloudy and thick, with the wind blow- 
ing from the north-east. The President and suite proceeded 
as far as President's Road, and returned on board the school- 
ship, which was escorted by two tow-boats. The squadron 
consisted of J. Q. Adams, Juniata, Marie, Minnie, Nettie, 
Ranger, Sadie, Trifle, Columbia, Irene, Mist, Parqueta, and 
Violet, all of which worked beautifully, having a fair wind. 
The steamboat Charles Houghton was chartered for the use 
of members. 

The appreciation of this effort of the Club by the Presi- 
dent will be learned from the following letter, which now sus- 
pends, handsomely framed, from the walls of their Club 
House. 



42 a history of the 

Executive Mansion, 
Washington, D. C, July i, 1867. 
Dear Sir : — 

I beg, through you, thus formally to acknowledge the 
courtesy of the Boston Yacht Club, as evinced in the 
appearance of their fine fleet on the occasion of my visit to 
the school-ship in the harbor of Boston, on the 25th tiltinw. 
The pleasure of visiting your yacht, and expressing in person 
my thanks for a manifestation of respect so pleasant and 
gratifying, was, to my regret, prevented by unavoidable 
engagements. Wishing your organization success in its efforts 
to develop and encourage the many diversions of yachting, I 
am, sir. 

Very respectfully yours, 

[Signed] Andrew Johnson. 

Care Dexter H. Follett, 

Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club. 

September 25 A. Russ resigned his position with the 
House Committee, and was succeeded by William Beacon. 
Twenty-three members resigned January 29, 1 868 ; but a 
number of new names were added to the Club list. Article 3, 
Chapter I, of the By-lg.ws was amended at this session. 
The feature of admitting honorary members was proposed by 
A. Russ, and met with approval. The first member appointed 
as such was Hon. Thomas Russell, Collector of the port of 
Boston. Rule XH, of the Sailing Regulations, was amended 
by Mr. Denton February 26. The question of changing the 
location of their Club-rooms was brought up March 25, and a 
Committee, comprising Messrs. B. Dean, Cary, Briscoe, 
Denton, and Manning, was appointed. They reported, at a 
special session April 15, that the premises at 20 Pemberton 
Square were most desirable, and, after some delay, they were 
taken, the expense being about half the sum paid for their 
former quarters. A brief code of signals, described in the 
latter part of the book of Rogers' Signals, was adopted May 
28. By invitation of the City of Boston, Commodore Follett 
and A. C. Cary acted as Judges in the July 4th Regatta, given 
by the City. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 43 

As the treasury of the Club was getting very low, the 
curtailment of expenses in the coming regatta became neces- 
sary. The sum appropriated for this purpose was the smallest 
in the history of the association. The Regatta Committee, 
consisting of the Vice-Commodore and Messrs. Denton, Jack- 
son, and A. Russ, fixed the day of the races as the 27th 
of June, when the Review would be included in the festivities. 
One hundred dollars was voted as the limit of expense. To 
insure which fund, without a call on the Club treasury, it was 
decided that only one ticket should be given each member. 
Should they desire additional tickets, the cost was fixed at 
five dollars each. By this means quite an extra amount of 
money was realized, so that one hundred and thirty dollars 
were expended in prizes alone. Saturday, June 2y , the 
second Review and Regatta took place. The members of the 
South Boston Yacht Club were invited to participate in the 
'pleasure of the day. The weather was clear and the wind 
fair. At 2.38 o'clock the first and second classes, consisting 
of sloops and schooners respectively, started, the time being 
as follows : — 



MINUTES. 



Juniata, 5 45 20 

Nettie, 6 15 20 

Pilgrim, 6 8 45 

Clytie, 5 55 

Violet, 6 7 17 

The Juniata allowed the Nettie 2 minutes and 8 seconds. 

The Nettie allowed the Pilgrim 23 minutes and 44 
seconds. 

The Clytie allowed the Violet i minute and 34 seconds. 

The third class started at 2.52 o'clock. The Fannie 
returned in 4 hours and 42 minutes, the Bristol in 5 hours. 
The Fannie allowed the Bristol 4 minutes and 46 seconds. 

The prizes were awarded as follows : — 



44 A HISTORY OF THE 

FIRST CLASS. 

Juniata, first prize ; Nettie, second prize. 

SECOND CLASS. 

Clytie, first prize ; Violet, second prize. 

THIRD CLASS. 

Fannie, first prize. 

The first meeting in the new Club-rooms was held 
December 30, and on January 27, 1869, the officers for the 
year were balloted for, resulting in the election of the follow- 
ing : Commodore, Thomas Manning ; Vice-Commodore, Eben 
Denton ; Treasurer, Augustus Russ ; Secretary, Thomas 
Dean ; Measurer, D. J. Lawlor ; Trustees, Messrs. B. Dean, 
Arthur Cheney, and A. D. Nickerson ; Regatta Committee, 
Messrs. D. H. Follett, D. S. Stone, H. B. Jackson, and 
Augustus Lothrop ; House Committee, Messrs. A. C. Cary, 
J. \V. Pierce, and C. E. Russ. Commodore Follett was 
tendered his old office, but declined. The question of sailing 
and classing sloops and schooners separately was decided by 
the Regatta Committee March 31, at which date Mr. Follett 
resigned from the Committee. This began the difficulty which 
nearly terminated the existence of the Club. The following 
meeting, held April 28, ex-Commodore Follett was proposed 
by A. Russ as an honorary member, but the motion was not 
sustained. This caused a discussion, which waxed " exceed- 
ing wroth," at the height of which the meeting adjourned ; 
but when they again convened. May 26, some of the most 
familiar faces were conspicuous by their absence. The follow- 
ing letter was read : — 

Boston, May 26, 1869. 
For the reason that difficulties have arisen in the Boston 
Yacht Club which can only be removed, if at all, by the sacri- 
fice by certain members of their admitted rights, and because 
of the existence of a disposition which has already seriously 
harassed the organization, and insures its speedy destruction as 



• 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 45 

a Yacht Club, the undersigned, from a sense of duty to 
themselves and the members at large, do hereby resign as 
officers of the Club, and dissolve their connection with the 
Club as members from this date. 

Thomas Manning. 
[Signed] I Eben Denton. 

Thomas Dean. 

A number of the members also severed their connection, 
and despite the efforts of a committee, appointed to confer 
with them, they would not at the time withdraw their resigna- 
tion, but were persuaded upon to do so soon after, and the 
trouble brought to an end. C. W. Galloupe was nominated 
Commodore October 27, but declined the office. A. Truman 
was elected Vice-Commodore and Thomas Dean, Secretary, 
but the latter did not perform the duties of that office until 
some time later. Captain Gibbs presided at the meetings 
during the trouble, and L. S. Jordan, Nathaniel Brewer, Jr., 
and others, acted as Secretary. 

With the beginning of the new year, 1870, the rooms of 
the Club were vacated, and by the kindness of Mr. A. Russ, 
the members met at his office, 15 Pemberton Square. 

The efforts of the Committee to procure an act of incor- 
poration at last met with success, their charter dating from 
April 9, and is as follows : — 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 

Be it enacted by tJie Seriate and HoiLse of Representatives, i^i 
General Conrt assembled, and by the aictJiority of the same, 
as follozus : — 

Section i. Daniel Farrar, Benjamin F. Gibbs, Dexter S. 
Stone, their associates, the members of the voluntary associa- 
tion in the city of Boston known as the Boston Yacht Club, 
and successors, are hereby incorporated and made a body 
politic by the name of the Boston Yacht Club, having its 
office in the city of Boston, for the purpose of encouraging 
yacht building and naval architecture and the cultivation of 
nautical science. 



46 A HISTORY OF THE 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have the power to have a 
common seal, to make and ordain, from time to time, by-laws, 
rules and regulations, for the government of the corporation, 
and the management of its affairs ; provided, the same be not 
repugnant to the laws of the Commonwealth ; and with all the 
privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restric- 
tions set forth in the general laws which now are, or mav here- 
after be in force, so far as the same are applicable. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may hold real estate not 
exceeding the value of twenty-five thousand dollars, and per- 
sonal estate not exceeding the value of twenty-five thousand 
dollars, exclusive of their library and museum of models and 
inventions in nautical science. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 
Approved April ()t/i, i S6^. 

On January 26 all the property of the Club was trans- 
ferred to the Association. This was the first meeting of the 
corporation of the Boston Yacht Club, and was held in the 
office of ^Ir. Russ. Daniel Farrar, presided, and Nathaniel 
Brewer, Jr., acted as clerk. The election of officers February 
23 resulted as follows: — Commodore, Thomas Manning; 
Vice-Commodore, Eben Denton ; Treasurer, Augustus Russ ; 
Secretary and Clerk, Thomas Dean ; ^leasurer, D. J. Lawlor. 
A revision of the Constitution was made, but the By-laws were 
not altered until March 9, at which time a Committee on Club 
Signals was appointed, who reported, March 23, an entire new 
code. 

April 16 the initiation fee was reduced to ten dollars. 
The election of officers April 2j resulted in the re-appointment 
of the old board ; also Messrs. Xickerson, Cheney, and B. 
Dean, Trustees ; while ]\Iessrs. Follett, Denton, Lothrop and 
Stone made up the Regatta Committee. The provision on 
House Committee was stricken from the Constitution. Secre- 
tary Dean was, on May 25, given power to issue a Club-book, 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 47 

in which a Hst of members, Constitution, By-laws, Sailing 
Regulations, etc., were printed. Similar books were printed 
nearly every year. A Regatta was to have taken place July 2, 
but was postponed until September 24, on account of the 
small number of yachts ready to sail. The Review, however, 
was held on the original date, in which the yachts Juniata, 
Nettie, Curlew, Euchre, Psyche, Kelpie, May Meek, Clytie, 
Alice, Fannie, Charlotte, and Sea-bird participated. After the 
Review, the squadron sailed to Hingham and back twice. 
J. W. Pierce assisted the Commodore as Flag Officer. Some 
idea was entertained of making the Regatta a union race, in 
which the Dorchester and Bunker Hill Yacht Clubs would 
take part ; but it was decided, August 3 1 , that under the cir- 
cumstance it would be impractical. 

There was a large entry of yachts in the Regatta, but in 
addition to a cloudy sky as a drawback, not a zephyr of suffi- 
cient force to cause a ripple upon the bosom of the bay was felt 
until nearly eleven o'clock. The interest of the race was 
centered in the result between the Juniata and Nettie of the 
first class, and the Clytie and Violet of the second class. The 
Nettie disliked the wind when the start was given, and with- 
drew, leaving the Juniata without a competitor. She, however, 
accompanied the second class craft. The second and third 
class yachts were started together, but went over different 
courses. The start was effected by a long whistle from the 
tug E. M. Cates, upon which were stationed Messrs. A. C. 
Cary, D. J. Lawlor, and C. E. Russ. The course for the second 
class yachts was : starting from the Judges' boat, off the east 
side of Long Island ; thence out through Nantasket Roads, 
leaving George's Island on the port hand, passing out through 
the main channel, taking the whole range of the channel, 
leaving buoy No. 6 on False Spit on the port hand, and the 
buoys on Toddy Rocks and off Point Allerton each on the star- 
board hand, and the Bell buoy on the Hardings on the port 
hand ; thence around the Bell buoy on the Graves, leaving it 
on the port hand; thence back around the Harding's Bell 



48 A HISTORY OF THE 

buoy, leaving it on the starboard hand ; thence back to the 
Judges' boat, leaving the buoys on Point Allerton and Toddy 
Rocks on the port hand, and the buoys on False Spit and off 
Fort Warren each on the starboard hand, a distance of twenty- 
one miles. 

Four hours had been consumed while the yachts were yet 
a mil-e from the goal, and the Club regulations provided that, 
"unless the course be sailed over in four hours, or less, there 
shall be no race" ; the rule was applied, and ''no race" was the 
decision. The third class yachts made a better start, and the 
Alice sailed to the lead without delay, followed by the Clithe- 
roe and Mystery in the order named. These positions were 
not changed throughout, but the Clitheroe greatly diminished 
a long gap when about half the course had been sailed over, 
and at the finish made the race interesting. The course was : 
leaving Rainsford Island on the port hand ; thence leaving 
Spectacle Island on the starboard hand ; thence around Fort 
buoy No. 7 ; thence by the buoy on Nix's Mate ; thence 
around Gallop's Island, leaving «ach on the starboard side, to 
the point of starting, a distance of nine miles. The yachts 
passed the Judges' boat on the return in the following 
order : — 

Alice, Captain Smith, 2 hours, 14 minutes, 40 seconds. 

Clitheroe, Captain Dean, 2 hours, 14 minutes, 57 seconds. 

Mystery, Captain Halsall, 2 hours, 27 minutes, 29 
seconds. 

The two first mentioned received the prizes, which con- 
sisted of diplomas. 



Chapter IV. 

1871 - 1874. 

THE annual election of officers took place May 4, 1871, 
but the two chief officers resigned. C. V. Whitten was 
nominated May 11, but he too resigned. His successor, 
Thomas Manning, held the position until October 5, when 
Benjamin Dean was elected, with W. H. L. Smith Vice-Com- 
modore. The Trustees were B. Dean, A, Cheney, and B. F. 
Gibbs. Regatta Committee : T. Dean, E. Denton, C. E. Russ, 
and William Pratt, Jr. Article 18 was amended December 20. 
The annual supper of the Club was held at the Parker House 
January 5, 1872, on which occasion Mayor Gaston and mem- 
bers of the Common Council were guests. It is needless to 
say that the ''spread " was enjoyed by all present. Ex-Mayor 
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and Mayor William Gaston were elected 
honorary members during March. The officers elected for 
1872, at the regular annual meeting, were : Commodore, B. 
Dean ; Vice-Commodore, W. H. L. Smith ; Rear-Commodore, 
George Dunfee. All the other officers were re-elected except 
the Regatta Committee. This consisted of Messrs. A. C. 
Cary, G. Jackson, W. S. Whitney, and C. E. Russ. The flag 
of the Rear-Commodore was acknowledged to be the same 
shape and dimension as that of the Vice-Commodore, having a 
white ground and blue foul anchor in center. 

The first Regatta, if it may be called such, of the year 
was sailed Saturday, June 29. The day was exceedingly hot, 
and hardly a breath of air ruffled the waters of the bay. 
The little steamer Carrie was chartered by the Club to 
convey the members and their friends to Rainsford Island, 
where the squadron was to rendezvous, and the Regatta take 
place. The Carrie left India Wharf at 10 o'clock, with as 
jolly a company as ever went below, and the Metropolitan 



50 A HISTORY OF THE 

Band enlivened the trip with fine music. The Juniata was 
used by the Judges of the race. They were Messrs. Charles 
L. "Woodbury, Eben Denton, Augustus Russ, D. J. Lawlor, 
and Jarvis Braman. 

The original purpose of the Regatta Committee of having 
three courses sailed over by the several classes of the fleet 
was on account of the calm, abandoned ; but there being wind 
enough for the third class yachts, they were started at 1.55 
o'clock. The course sailed was : starting from the Judges' 
boat, moored near Rainsford Island Head ; thence between 
Gallop's and George's Islands, and Lovel's Island and Bug 
Light, leaving the latter on the port, rounding the Black buoy 
on the east of George's Island, leaving it on the starboard ; 
thence around Sunken Ledge Beacon, leaving Quarantine 
Rocks and Rainsford on the starboard, to the point of starting, 
a distance of about seven miles. The following is the time, 
etc. : — 



NAME. 


COMMANDER. 


LENGTH WATER 


LINE. 


TIME. 


Queen Mab, 


Daniel Briscoe, 


20 ft. 




I h. 22 m. 2 s 


Fannie, 


Thomas Dean, 


2 I ft. I 


in. 


I h. 23 m. 12 s 


Secret, 


J. Binney, 


22 ft. 




I h. 24 m. 20 s 


Rebie, 


E. G. Granger, 


23 ft. 




I h. 27 m. 20 s 


No Name, 


A. C. Cary, 


20 ft. 




I h. 33 m. 28 s 


Petrel, 


W. F. Halsall, 


22 ft. 




"not taken' 



During the sail the Queen Mab fouled the Minnie, in 
consequence of which she was ruled out of the race. 

The next, and more successful attempt to have a first class 
Regatta, was sailed Saturday, August 3 1 . The day was all 
that could be desired, and a good breeze from the west, which 
is a yachtman's joy, favored the Club. The steam tug 
Emily was chartered for the use of the Judges, members 
and invited guests, starting from T wharf in the morning for 
Calf Island, where the Club made their rendezvous. Upon 
arrival at the island the Judges found that the course originally 
laid down gave too nearly a free wind course, and in order to 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 5 I 

secure more beating to windward, and make it more satisfac- 
tory, they changed it as follows : — First class : starting from 
Judges' boat at Calf Island ; thence through Hypocrite's Chan- 
nel, leaving buoy on Martin's Ledge on starboard, to the buoy 
on Davis Ledge ; thence, leaving that on the starboard, round- 
ing it, up through Light-house Channel, leaving Harding's on 
the port, and through the Narrows around Lovell's Island, 
leaving the buoys (74 and Ram Head) on the starboard, 
rounding Ram's Head ; thence to Judges' boat, a distance of 
twenty-four miles. Second class : starting from Judges' 
boat, thence through Hypocrite's Channel, leaving buoy on 
Martin's Ledge on the starboard, rounding Bell Buoy on Hard- 
ing's, leaving it on the starboard, up Light-house Channel 
and through the Narrows, and around Lovell's Island, leaving 
the buoys on the starboard, rounding Ram Head, and thence 
to the Judges' boat 

There were two prizes each for the first and second class 
yachts, as follows : First class, first prize, $75 ; second prize, 
;^50. Second class, first prize, $50; second prize, $30. The 
Emily was used as the Judges' boat. The same Judges acted 
in the race as on that of June. The following entries were 
made : — First class : Silvie, Captain C. V. Whitten ; Tempest, 
Captain J. Lee, Jr. ; Juniata, Ex-Commodore Manning ; Fear- 
less, Captain Phillips; Lydia, Captain L. S. Bent; Vision, 
Captain R. H. Stevenson, Jr. Second class : Pacer, Vice- 
Commodore W. H. L. Smith ; Mist, Captain J. H. Pitman ; 
Kelpie, Captain S. J. Capen. 

At 12 o'clock the signal was given and the yachts came 
into line, and a few minutes later they made a flying start, 
with a fine breeze from the west, the Silvie taking the lead. 
Soon after the start the company on board the steamer was 
invited on shore, where a fine collation, provided by the Club, 
was partaken of. The following is the sailing time of each 
yacht as they passed the Judges' boat on the return. The 
Lydia and Juniata not coming in, their time was not taken. 



5^ 



A HISTORY OF THE 





FIRST CLASS. 




NAME. 


HOURS. MINUTES. 


SECONDS. 


Silvie, 


3 35 


?>7 


Fearless, 


3 46 


49 


\'ision, 


3 58 


41 


Tempest, 


4% II 

SECOND CLASS. 


37 


Mist, 


2 30 


39 


Kelpie, 


2 33 


18 


Pacer, 


2 42 


30 



The Fearless won the first prize in the first class race ; 
Silvie second prize. In the second class, the ]\Iist won the 
first prize, and the Kelpie the second. 

A Committee, consisting of James Lee, Jr., Coolidge 
Barnard and Charles F. Russ, was, on October 30, given 
power to purchase a site at City Point suitable for a Club 
House. A tract of land was selected, and, on May 28, 1873, 
Messrs. Manning, Barnard, Smith, Tower, and Denton were 
chosen a Committee to consummate the purchase and make 
arrangements for the erection of a Club House. 

The Club House is a two story and a half w^ooden struct- 
ure, having a Swiss-cottage aspect, built on piles at the foot 
of Eighth Street, South Boston. The approach is from Fifth 
Street, over land adjoining the Pierce Brothers' estate ; thence 
by a wharf, some two hundred or more feet in length, and from 
ten to thirty feet in width. The house is about 70x40 feet, 
painted drab and the roof red. It was built by ]\Ir. A. C. 
Martin. The first floor contains a hall running directly 
through the building, with doors at either end, over which are 
the inscriptions, ''1865. Boston Yacht Club." Out of this 
hall, which is 69 feet long by 10 feet wide, open thirty lockers, 
sixteen large and fourteen small. The first are ten and a half 
bv five feet, with a window three feet bv two. The small 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 55 

lockers are closets three and a half feet square. A com- 
modious wall extends around the house, while large float stages 
are placed in position for convenient landing. The second 
story contains a hall forty by thirty feet, for the meetings and 
social gatherings. It is wainscoted in black walnut, spruce, 
and hard pine. Large doors at the southern end, and smaller 
ones on the eastern side, open on to the piazza, or veranda, 
ten feet wide, from which an excellent view of the harbor may 
be obtained, from Winthrop to Savin Hill. The regatta can 
be viewed from this place with complete satisfaction. Doors 
at the northern end of the hall connect with a committee 
room twenty by sixteen feet, and a ladies' retiring room four- 
teen by ten feet. The walls of this latter appartment are 
nicely colored and frescoed. Entrance to these rooms may be 
had from the entry. A kitchen, eleven by ten feet, adjoins 
the committee room, and a commodious attic is also found. 
On the wharf are built two rows of lockers, the same size as 
those inside. A house for the janitor, in which is a work- 
shop, is also on the wharf. The entire structure, including the 
land and wharf, cost in the vicinity of ten thousand dollars, 
the wharf alone being built at the cost of sixteen hundred 
dollars. 

The Club supper was partaken of at the office of Mr. A. 
Russ, February 22, 1873. No change in the list of officers is 
reported for the year, except in the Trustees and the Regatta 
Committee. In the former, the gentlemen elected were Messrs. 
S. D. Nickerson, A. Cheney, and Gustavus Jackson ; the latter 
committee was made up by Messrs. A. C. Cary, W. F. Halsall, 
and C. Barnard. A handsome tribute for the excellent ser- 
vice performed by Secretary Dean was paid that officer during 
his absence, June 27, when a purse of one hundred dollars was 
voted to be given him. 

A cloudless sky, with a light breeze from the south-west, a 
good attendance of yachts and yachtsmen and their friends, — 
these were the chief characteristics of the pleasant day spent 
in the harbor on the occasion of the Sixth Annual Regatta, Fri- 



54 A HISTORY OF THE 

day, September 12, 1873. The course sailed by the contesting 
boats was as follows : For the first class schooners, starting 
from the Judges' boat, off Castle Island, out Broad Sound, 
leaving Ram Head buoy on the starboard. Fawn Bar on the 
port, rounding Bell buoy, on the north-east ledge of the Grave, 
leaving it on starboard ; thence to Bell boat on Harding's, 
leaving it on the starboard, up Light-house Channel, through 
the Narrows, leaving Fort Warren, Gallop's, Nix's Mate buoys, 
and Spectacle Island on the port, to the Judges' boat. The 
course for second class schooners and keel sloops and first 
class centre-board sloops was from the Judges' boat down 
West buoy, leaving Thompson and Rainsford Islands on the 
starboard. Long and George's Islands and buoy No. 7 on the 
port, and back through the Narrows, leaving George's, Gallop's, 
Nix's Mate buoys. Fort Independence, and buoy No. 9 on the 
port, to the Judges' boat. The course for the second class 
centre-board sloops was from the Judges round Cow Pasture, 
buoy No. 6, formerly No. 4, Dorchester Bay, leaving it on the 
port ; thence to buoy No. 6 on Lower Middle, leaving it on 
the port ; thence to Slate Ledge, buoy No. 1 1, leaving it on the 
port ; thence to Judges' boat, passing between City Point and 
Fort Independence. During the light puffs of wind a flying 
start had to be taken, and in this the Fearless had a slight 
advantage in the first class boats, and held it throughout, 
rounding Bell buoy first and coming up on two tacks. The 
Gracie and the Vision left together; but a little way down the 
latter became a little becalmed and the Gracie rounded the 
buoy immediately after the Fearless, but unfortunately got too 
far to the south and was obliged to tack so much that her -time 
was not taken. About half-way over the course, and the wind 
shifted a little more to the south and freshened up, so that the 
race became interesting toward the close. The following table 
shows the names of the contesting boats, their measurements, 
the time of starting, and the corrected time of sailing : — 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



55 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Vision, 

Fearless, 

Gracie, 

Tempest, 

Lydia, 

Curlew, 



Mercury, 
Vanitas, 



R. H. Stevenson, 
E. B. Phillips, 
E. E. Tower, 
James Lee, Jr., 
L. S. Bent, 
George Baird, 



MKAS. 

ft. in. 

59 2 

57 9 

71 10 

57 8 
48 

41 



START. 

h. m. s. 



SAILING, 
h. m. s 



2 43 50 3 2 13 

2 40 45 2 50 59 

2 43 50 [no time] 

2 44 253 56 

3 45 58 [no time] 
2 50 50 [no time] 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



E. D. Robinson, 
Paul West, 



31 1 1 2 34 48 I 26 10 
29 4 2 45 15 I 30 6 



SLOOPS (keels). 



Sunbeam, 


W. S. Nickerson, 


24 II 


2 48 44 


I 


38 29 


Mary Ellen, 


W. S. Lord, 


38 


2 52 19 


I 


22 24 


Iris, 


Thomas Manning, 


39 2 


2 53 47 


I 


26 15 


Mist, 


J. H. Pitman, 


30 10 


2 55 50 


I 


25 41 




SLOOPS (centre-board). 








Lily, 


G. L. Babb, 


37 


2 51 10 


I 


16 56 


Kelpie, 


S. J. Capen, 


30 7 


2 51 40 


I 


21 36 


Nina, 


R. S. Whitten, 


37 3 


3 15 


I 


47 30 




SLOOPS (centre-board). 


SECOND 


CLASS. 






Maud, 


C. E. Fuller, 


18 10 


3 I 45 


I 


17 19 


Alice, 


W. H. L. Smith, 


21 


3 3 36 


I 


25 31 


Wanderer, 


C. E. Russ, 


22 5 


3 4 20 


I 


17 17 


Rebie, 


G. G. Granger, 


23 


3 5 20 


I 


16 24 


Secret, 


Joshua Binney, 


21 


5 3 10 


I 


24 7 



Many members of the Club left the end of T wharf early 
in the afternoon in the tug Elsie, and were taken to Castle 
Island, where a good view was obtained, and refreshments 



56 A HISTORY OF THE 

served. The yacht America was placed at the disposal of the 
Judges by General Butler, and Messrs. Gaston, Russell, and 
Shurtleff availed themselves of the opportunity to follow the 
boats ; while Messrs. Charles L. Woodbury and E. Denton 
remained on board a steamer. In returning, the yachts crossed 
the bows of the America, which had been back to her position 
off Castle Island. 

The prize, consisting of elegant diplomas engraved by 
Captain A. Claxton Cary of the American Bank Note Company, 
were awarded as follows : First class, first prize. Fearless, Mary 
Ellen, Lily, and Rebie. In the second class schooners the 
Judges declined to award a prize, and adjudged the race to be 
sailed over again between the two contending schooners. 
Second position. Tempest, Iris, Kelpie, and Wanderer in their 
respective classes. 

The emblem of the Rear-Commodore's flag was changed 
October 3 to red instead of blue. On the 29th it was voted that, 
for the sum of one hundred dollars, which price added to the 
subscription already made for the erection of the Club House, 
a life membership could be taken out. A clause providing for 
a Committee on Membership, was added to Article XIV of the 
Constitution November 15, and at the following meeting, 
December 13, Article 2, Chapter III, of the By-laws was 
expunged as being inconsistent with Article XVII of the 
Constitution. 

At the first meeting of the year 1874, held January 24, it 
was voted, that after the annual meeting of the year, all members 
proposed should pay an admission fee of twenty dollars. The 
first meeting, in their own Club House at South Boston, was 
held April 2 (Fast Day), at 1 1 o'clock a. m., sixty-six members 
being present. The lockers were sold at auction by Treasurer 
Russ. The rent for the large lockers being fixed at fifteen dollars, 
and for the small ones eight dollars, the sale was for the pre- 
mium according to position, the bids for which went as high as 
seventeen dollars. Twenty-eight out of the thirty lockers were 
sold; numbers 23 and 24 were reserved. After the sale, which 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 57 

was a most enjoyable affair, a still more pleasant occasion 
was endulged in, when they sat down to an excellent chowder 
provided by the Commodore. Owing to the unfinished state of 
the House, regular meetings could not be held there, so that the 
next gathering, April 13, was at the Treasurer's office, when an 
invitation from Commodore Bangs, of the Dorchester Yacht 
Club, was read, in which the Club invited the Boston Yacht 
Club to participate in their regatta, which would be held at 
City Point, in compliment to the latter Club. The old board 
of officers was re-elected. A. C. Cary was appointed as a 
Trustee vice S. D. Jackson, and in the Regetta Committee C. 
E. Russ and S. Lawrence French were elected vice A. C. 
Cary. The Membership Committee consisted of A. C. Martin, 

C. E. Russ, and Paul West. House Committee : Commodore 

D. B. Curtis and W. S. Nickerson. The celebrated sporting 
paper. Forest and Stream, tendered the Club copies of their 
paper and a file. At the bottom of the circulars announcing 
a special meeting for June 23, at the Club House, appeared 
the following notice : — 

Ji^^ The Club House is Now Completed, and is Open 

Day and Evening. 

A Review of the squadron took place July 18, at 12 
o'clock, in which the following yachts participated : Curlew, 
Tempest, Nina, Fannie, Mary Ellen, Alice, Pearl, America, 
Lydia, Wanderer, Kelpie, Lily, Peerless, Thistle, Agnes, 
Anemone, Wivern, Enigma, White Wing, Secret, Lady Clara, 
and Rebie. The fleet then proceeded to Hull, where they 
were joined by the Elsie. From Hull, fourteen of the boats 
went to Gloucester, where they were met by the Sunbeam ; 
from there some sailed to the Isle of Shoals, and were 
entertained at the Oceanic Hotel. The Review was a suc- 
cess in every particular, each yacht comprising the large 
fleet being highly complimented by the Commodore, in his 
report, for their neat appearance, etc., in the ranks. The 
famous yacht America sat in the water like a thing of life, 



58 A HISTORY OF THE 

as though conscious that she was the first to show the old 
world that the young Republic of the United States was able 
to build yachts that could outsail the crack boats of Europe, 
Captain Arthur Cheney was appointed Flag Officer, and his 
steam launch Anemone was used by the Commodore in his 
rounds among the yachts. 

A number of articles were stolen from the Club rooms, 
in consequence of which a stamp was purchased September 
28, and used on all books and papers. 

September 12 the seventh Regatta was sailed. The 
signal to start was given by a gun belonging to the yacht 
Wivern, Captain Nathaniel Wales. The prize winners were : — 
First class : first prize, Schooner Fearless ; second prize, 
Schooner Tempest. Second class : first prize, Clytie ; second 
prize, Nina. Second class (keel) : first to Mary Ellen. This 
yacht belonged to the first class craft, but sailed in the second 
by a mistake of the Captain. She was, therefore, given the 
prize in the class she sailed. In the third class, the first yacht 
to reach the Judges' boat was the Fannie, but she was ruled 
out of the race for non-compliance with Rule 21, which pro- 
vides for the presence of at least one member of the Club on 
board. The prizes were therefore given to the center-board 
sloops, Wanderer and Maud, and to the Ruby and Sunbeam in 
the keel sloops. The yacht Grace sailed in the Regatta, but 
not as a competitor for a prize. 



Chapter V. 

1875 -1877. 

I NEED hardly remind my readers that the meetings of the 
Club, during the winter, were held at Mr. Russ's office, it 
being anything but a pleasant trip to the Club House during 
these months. It was voted February 6, 1875, that no pre- 
mium should be attached to the price of lockers, but would be 
sold for their standing value. The annual supper was post- 
poned this season until warmer weather, when it would be 
held in the Club House. A letter of condolance was sent, on 
this date, to Mrs. General William Hayes, late Commandant at 
Castle Island, on the occasion of the death of her husband. 
-A collection of five very fine pictures of yachts were presented 
the Club, March 15, by Commodore R. B. Forbes. 

The Club House had a very narrow escape from being 
entirely destroyed, Sunday, March 4, by the immense flow 
of ice which had formed in Dorchester Bay during the severe 
winter. It became detached from its shore fastening, and was 
carried by the ebb tide down the bay, and about seven o'clock 
it reached the Club dolphin, built to guard the house from 
injury from vessels. . The resistance of the dolphin to the ice 
saved some of the southerly piles. Most of the piles were 
broken like sticks, until the resistance of the greater number 
of piles, and the adjoining wharf, stayed the end of the flow, 
which struck the house foundation, and swung around, as on 
a pivot, floated up the Bay. The wharf under the piazza fell 
into the water, but the house stood. Thirty piles were 
carried away, leaving nearly half of the Club House over the 
water without any support beneath it. One pile in the 
center of the main building was, by a strange freak of the 
ice, left standing, and no doubt saved the building, while those 
on either hand were carried away. By Monday night, Mr. 



6o A HISTORY OF THE 

Kendrick had driven two piles on the east side, near the outer 
end of the building, and two long and heavy beams were 
placed across to the narrow wharf "on the west side from said 
piles, which rendered the building temporarily safe. Sub- 
scriptions were taken up, March 5, to repair the damage. The 
new piles were of oak instead of spruce, and ten feet of the 
wharf was built along the south side of the house. 

April 18 it was unanimously voted that, "The Club prop- 
erty is pledged to secure and make good the permanent fund 
of the Club and interest thereon." A revision was also 
made in the Constitution, By-laws, and Sailing Regulations. 
Commodore Dean, in his report, declined to be elected to 
office, but was unanimously re-elected ; on his refusal, the 
business of election was postponed. He was, however, pre- 
vailed upon, at the annual election, May 26, to serve another 
year. The only change made in the board was in the Regatta 
Committee, Messrs. Coolidge Barnard, B. C. Dean, R. P. 
Owen, and C. W. Jones being appointed. Mr. C. T. Powell 
presented the Club with two pictures, representing yachting 
scenes. Manning's Yachting Manual was accepted as an 
authority in its line. The House Committee was restricted 
from spending more than fifty dollars without a vote of the 
members. 

July 28 the Rules and Regulations for the Club House 
were accepted. August 7 a Librarian was appointed, subject 
to the House Committee, and on September 10 Mr. C. A. 
Judkins was elected Secretary //-^ tein. 

The eighth annual Regatta took place September 2, 1875, 
and although the large yachts, which were expected, did not 
appear in season to join the sport, there were two fine races, 
by boats in the smaller classes. The scene was off City Point, 
and as the larger part of the day was taken up with the races, 
it was an occasion of considerable interest to the Club and 
their lady friends. Many of the latter were gathered in the 
commodious Club House, from the balcony of which a fine 
view of the starting and the finish was afforded. Owing to 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 6l 

the thick fog, which prevailed during the early forenoon, and 
which prevented some of the boats reaching the rendezvous 
in season, the finish race, which was to include all boats meas- 
uring 38 feet and upwards, was abandoned. The Mary Ellen, 
Captain Lord, and the Fearless, Captain Phillips, were the 
only ones in this class to announce their willingness to start, 
and as they came at different times, and both too late, the 
other classes having started, they were compelled to give up 
racing. The second race in the programme was for centre- 
boards and keels, measuring 26 feet and less than 38 feet, and 
they were called into line at 11.20 o'clock, the signal being a 
gun on the Judges' boat, which was stationed about midway 
between the Club House and Thompson's Island. There were 
five centre-board boats to respond : respectively the Magic, 
Eva, Kelpie, Violet, and Lily ; and they took position at 
anchor in a line between the Judges' boat and flag boat. No 
keels appeared to contest this race. At 12.30 o'clock a second 
signal sent them away. The wind was nearly east and very 
light, and the start was necessarily slow. 

The course was thirteen miles in length and led down the 
East Way, past buoy No. 7, back through the Narrows, leav- 
ing Fort Independence on the port, down Dorchester Bay, and 
around Cow Pasture buoy, leaving it on the port, and back to 
the point of starting. The Magic had the misfortune to carry 
away her gaff-topsail sheet and was compelled to take down 
her mainsail, in consequence of which she fell from the first 
position to the last, though she was not greatly retarded. 

The boats in the third race, including keel and centre- 
board, measuring 18 feet and less than 26 feet, were started at 
12.25 o'clock. Their course, which was nine miles in length, 
was down Dorchester Bay, round Cow Pasture buoy No. 7, off 
Fort Independence, to Sculpin Ledge buoy, round buoy No. 6 
on the Lower Middle, and back to the starting point. There 
were eight to start, and they went away in good style, going 
down with the wind, which had increased somewhat since the 
arger boats started. The Sunbeam lost her balloon jib in 



62 



A HISTORY OF THE 



Starting, and 


had to take it on bos 


ird. The 


ofl 


Ficial n 


iSU 


It was 


as follows : — 


- 














SECOND CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD). 








NAME. 


OWNER. 


MEAS. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 






ft. in. 


h. 


m. s. 


h. 


m. s. 


Eva, 


W. H. Bangs, Jr., 


26 3 





4 46 


2 


2447 


Magic, 


E. C. Neal, 


309 


n 



16 


2 


25 40 


Kelpie, 


S. J. Capen, 


30 3 





I 4 


2 


25 55 


Lily, 


G. L. Babb, 


37 


T 




6 12 


2 


37 35 


Violet, 


F. E. Peabody, 

THIRD CLASS 


33 2 
(keel). 


3 


16 21 


2 


44 14 


Volante, 


C. A. Judkins, 


22 3 


2 


2 18 


I 


30 35 


Sunbeam, 


W. S. Nickerson, 


25 3 


2 


3 57 


I 


35 20 


Ruby, 


T. W. Preston, 


199 


2 


1 1 40 


I 


3646 


Lydia, 


Captain Gibbs, 


25 2 


2 


17 51 


I 


49 9 


Fairy, 


G. C. Appleton, 


25 2 


2 


22 29 


I 


53 47 




THIRD CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD). 








Wanderer, 


C. E. Russ, 


22 3 


I 


58 16 


I 


26 28 


Queen Mab, 


W. F. Halsall, 


22 8 


2 


I 2 


I 


2943 


Posie, 


F. C. Hersey, 


22 I 


2 


2 16 


I 


30 16 


Alice, 


W. H. L. Smith, 


21 


2 


13 57 


I 


40 40 



In the second class the Eva took the first prize, thirty 
dollars ; and the Magic the second, twenty dollars. In 
the third class, centre-board, the Wanderer won first money, 
twenty-five dollars ; and the Queen Mab second, fifteen dollars. 
Keels, first prize, twenty-five dollars, Volante ; second prize, 
fifteen dollars. Sunbeam. The Lily entered a protest against 
the Eva for alleged crowding her against the buoy at Cow 
Pasture, but the charge was not sustained. The Judges were 
Messrs. C. Barnard, B. C. Dean, R. P. Owen, and C. W. Jones, 
w^ho were stationed on board the Effie May, owned by H. E. 
Hibbard. During the day music and refreshments were 
enjoyed at the Club House, and in the evening there was 
a social dance. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 6$ 

At the meeting held at the Parker House January 26, 
1876, it was decided to elect two Measurers instead of one, so 
that a representative may be had to act south of Cape Cod. 
The date of the annual meeting, after 1876, for the election 
of officers, etc., was changed to the last Wednesday of January, 
and the regular meetings to the last Wednesday of January, 
April, July, and October. Article XVII, of the Constitution, 
was amended, so that the first sentence should read as follows : 
" The annual assessment shall be ten dollars, payable after the 
year 1876, on or before the regular (annual) meeting in Jan- 
uary, and this shall be the only assessment made." The follow- 
ing was added to the article : " Any person elected a member 
before the annual meeting, in April next, and every person 
elected thereafter, between the first day of October and the 
succeeding annual meeting, shall not be required to pay any 
assessment for the time preceding such annual meeting." 

John O. A. Brackett, president of the Common Council, 
was a guest at the annual dinner held at the American House 
February 22, 1876, at which time a communication was received 
from the Brooklyn Yacht Club, asking to arrange a meeting 
of the fleet, but the Committee of four, appointed to look 
after the matter, reported, later on, that it would be undesir- 
able to take any steps in the matter that season. April 26 
the following officers were elected : Commodore, Arthur 
Cheney ; Vice-Commodore, F. H. Peabody ; Rear-Commodore, 
Andrew Robeson ; Secretary, T. Dean ; Treasurer, A. Russ f 
Measurers, D. J. Lawlor and J. B. Smith ; Trustees, S. J. 
Nickerson, Thomas Manning, and B. Dean ; Regatta Commit- 
tee, same as last year ; House Committee, Messrs. C. E. Russ 
and D. B. Curtis ; Membership Committee, the Commodore 
and Secretary, ex officio, Messrs. A. C. Martin, C. E. Russ, 
and William S. Whitney. 

A Review of the squadron took place at City Point, on 
Saturday, June 24, at 1 1 o'clock, a large number of yachts 
participating ; after which the fleet proceeded to the Great 
Brewster, where a most enjoyable day was spent. Mr. 



64 A HISTORY OF THE 

Thomas Manning acted as Flag Officer. Ex-Commodore 
Dean secured from the City of Boston the exclusive control 
of the Great Brewster Island, and the Club voted on Septem- 
ber 6 to use it for a rendezvous, paying Mr. Dean one hundred 
dollars per year for the privilege, but was shortly after 
abandoned as it created a dissatisfaction among certain mem- 
bers, who thought it a useless expenditure. 

The ninth annual Regatta was sailed Monday, September 
II, 1876, off City Point. The Regatta was divided into three 
classes, the first being for all yachts measuring 38 feet and 
upward ; the second for centre-board and keel yachts 
measuring 26 feet and less than 38 feet ; and the third, 
for centre-board and keel boats, measuring 18 feet and less 
than 26 feet. The prizes were silver medals in each class. 
The first course was from a point off the Club House, out 
Broad Sound, leaving Ram Head buoy on the starboard. 
Fawn Bar on the port, rounding the Bell buoy off the 
north-east ledge of the Graves, leaving it on the starboard ; 
thence to the Bell buoy on the Hardings, leaving it on the star- 
board, up Light-house Channel, through the Narrows, leaving 
Fort Warren, Gallop's Island, Nix's Mate buoy, and Spectacle 
Island on the port ; thence to the point of starting, a distance of 
twenty-three miles. The second course was from a point off the 
Club House, down the West Way, leaving Thompson's and Rains- 
ford Islands on the starboard. Long and George's Islands, and 
buoy No. 7 on the port, and back through the Narrows, leav- 
ing George's and Gallop's Islands, Nix's Mate buoy, and buoy 
No. 7, off Fort Independence on the port ; thence to Cow 
Pasture buoy No. 6, leaving it on the port ; thence back to the 
place of starting, a distance of thirteen miles. The third 
class course was from the starting point as above ; thence to 
buoy No. 7, off Fort Independence, leaving it on the star- 
board ; thence to Sculpin Ledge buoy, leaving it on the port ; 
thence to buoy No. 6 on the Lower Middle, leaving it on the 
port ; thence to the point of starting, nine miles. 

The Judges were the same as last year. The Violet, 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



65 



Captain F. E. Peabody, was used as Judges' boat. Previous 
to firing the first gun, at 1.20 o'clock, there was scarcely any 
wind, and the prospect for the races looked rather gloomy, but 
about the time of starting the first class, 1.25 o'clock, a light 
breeze sprung up. The start in the first class was a flying 
•one. The yachts in the second class were anchored in line, 
between the Judges' boat and a flag boat, and got away at 2.18 
o'clock. The Shadow, in this class, rounded the wrong buoy 
on her return to the Judges' boat ; turned back, sailed over 
the right course, a mile or more, and still came in ahead of 
the others in that class. The Wayward, in the first class, was 
struck by a flow of wind when off Long Island Head, and 
while crawling on to the Fearless, lost her topmast. In the 
third class, the Posie claimed a foul from the Wanderer, but the 
charges were not sustained. In the first class the Wayward 
took the first prize, and the Fearless second. In the second, 
the Shadow won the first prize, and the Eva second ; and the 
third class, first prize to Posie, and second to Wanderer. The 
following is the summary by classes : — 

FIRST CLASS. 



SAILING. 



CORRECT. 



Fearless, 
Wayward, 
Fleur de Lis, 
Romance, 



E. B.Phillips, 
David Sears, 
Arthur Cheney, 
G. Brooks, 



ft. in. h. m. s. h. m. s. 

44 10 3 56 43 3 28 54 

57 9 4 5 38 3 25 14 
77 3 4 18 12 4 3 36 

58 [withdrawn] 



SECOND CLASS. 

Shadow, T. Dolan, 34 7 

Lily, G. L. Babb, 37 

Magic, E. C. Neal, 30 9 

Kelpie, S. J. Capen, 30 3 

Eva, W. H. Bangs, Jr., 26 3 

Folly, J. F. Sheppard, 27 

Efiie Mary, H. E. Hibbard 36 10 

Oenone, S. P. Freeman, 26 10 



3 45 7 

3 55 42 

4 47 
4 2 35 

4413 
4 4 57 



3 14 22 
3 27 5 
3 26 1 1 
3 27 26 
3 24 14 
3 25 57 



[withdrawn] 
[withdrawn] 



66 A HISTORY OF THE 





THIRD CLASS. 








NAMB. 


OWNER. 


MBAS. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 






ft. 


in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


Posie, 


F. C. Hersey, 


22 


I 


2 37 30 


2 5 30 


Wanderer,. 


E. C. Russ, 


22 


o 




2 38 31 


2 643 


Lydia, 


George Lawley, 


22 


6 


2 41 42 


2 10 3 


Queen Mab, 


W. F. Halsall, 


22 


8 


2 42 12 


2 10 53 


Helen, 


W. P. Hunt, 


i8 


6 


2 49 3 


2 12 22 


Peri, 


— Lee, 


i8 


1 1 


2 51 25 


2 15 21 


Sunbeam, 


W. Nickerson, 


25 


3 


2 53 iS 


2 24 35 



The same board of officers was re-elected for the year 
1877, at the meeting held at the Parker House January 31, 
and on February 28 the Sailing Regulations regarding the 
classification of sloops and schooners were altered. The 
Regatta Committee, who were given full power to act in this 
matter, reported on April 25 that ballast shifting in the third 
class should be discontinued. The Sailing Directions were 
then altered accordingly, and Rule 21 was adopted. At an 
informal meeting of yachtsmen it was voted that the Club 
have an early regatta, in which festivities would be given a 
dance. This would be followed by a series of monthly or 
semi-monthly entertainments, consisting of four to six festive 
excursions or picnics, under the supervision of the House and 
Regatta Committee. Resolutions on the death of Mr. S. J. 
Capen were passed May 30, at which date the Regatta, to be 
held June 7, was postponed on account of the date being too 
early for the larger yachts. A race, however, was held off 
City Point for second and third class craft, the prizes, consist- 
ing of a French 'marine clock and a marine glass, gifts of the 
Commodore, were won by the Violet and Sunbeam. The 
members and their friends enjoyed a picnic at Downer's 
Landing June 23. The Dorchester Yacht Club was tendered 
the use of the Club House June 20, on the occasion of 
their Regatta. 

The first of the series of Regattas occurred Tuesday, July 
17, 1877. Very few boats answered the summons of the 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 6/ 

signal guns that called the boats into line, the majority of the 
yachts being away on cruises and on business voyages. There 
were no first class boats in the race. The wind was fair and 
steady and was south-east by south. The yachts of the 
second class sailed over a thirteen-mile course, and those of 
the third class over a nine-mile course. The same gentlemen 
serving as Judges last season did so at this race. The skipper 
of the Maraposa entered a protest against the Posie for shift- 
ing ballast during the race, but this was not sustained. 
The following is a summary of the Regatta : — 

SECOND CLASS (KEEL, SCHOONER RIGGED). 

NAME. OWNER. SAILING. CORRECT. 

h. m. s. h. m. s. 

Hermes, W. Goodwin, 2 i 5 

Loiterer, W. W. Kellett, 2 12 30 

THIRD CLASS (KEEL, SCHOONER RIGGED). 

Posie, F. C. Hersey, i 40 45 i 8 45 

Maraposa, F. H. Peabody, i 43 5 i 12 8 

Ariel, J. P. Curtis, [swamped, and withdrew] 

Helen, W. P. Hunt, [distanced, and withdrew] 

The second race of the season was sailed Tuesday, 
August 16, off City Point. As at the first of the series, the 
number of boats participating was small. The wind was just 
stiff enough to make a regatta interesting. It blew from the 
south-west, and freshened up, dropping a few points to the 
south as the race drew to a close. In the race for second 
class schooners, only one boat, the Hermes, entered and sailed 
over the course, which was thirteen miles, in 2 hours, 21 min- 
utes, 15 seconds. Having won the race in the first Regatta, 
she merely went over the course this time to take the prize. 
In the race for third class keels, only one boat sailed, the Sun- 
beam. She went over a nine-mile course in i hour, 41 
minutes, and 5 seconds, actual time. This made it necessary 
for another race of this class yachts. In the race for third 



6^ 



A HISTORY OF THE 



class centre-boards, there were five entries ; and in that for 
second class sloops, only two entries. In the first Regatta the 
Fosie won the race of the former class, and the result of this 
contest shows that Rebie had one race in the Posie's class. 
The following is the summary : — 

SECOND CLASS (SLOOPS, CENTRE-BOARD). 



NAME. 


OWNBR. 


LENGTH. 

ft. in. 


SAILING. 

h. m. s. 


CORRECT. 

h. m- s. 


Violet, 


Peabody, 


34 3 


2 9 2/ 


I 38 23 


Mabel, 


Smith, 


33 4 


Withdrawn' 




THIRD CLASS 


(centre-board). 




Rebie, 


Phinney, 


23 


I 38 17 


I 7 20 


Wanderer, 


Russ, 


23 9 


I 41 2 


I 10 54 


Posie, 


Hersey, 


22 I 


I 41 59 


I 9 59 


Queen Mab, 


Adams, 


22 8 


"time not taken' 


Gleason, 




i8 6 


"time not taken' 



The course of the centre-board sloops was thirteen miles 
long, and of the third class centre-boards nine miles. The 
same board of Judges presided. 



Chapiter VI. 

1 878 -1 880. 

THE election of officers for 1878, at the Parker House, 
January 31, was as follows: Commodore, Francis H. 
Peabody ; Vice-Commodore, Nathaniel Wales; Rear- Commo- 
dore, Andrew Robeson. No change occurred in the office of 
Secretary, Treasurer, or Measurer. Trustees, Messrs. Ben- 
jamin Dean, William B. Merrill, and E. B. Phillips ; Regatta 
Committee, Messrs. F. E. Peabody, C. W. Jones, Wendell 
Goodwin, W. H. Bangs, Jr., and N. W. Kellett ; Membership 
Committee, Messrs. A. C. Martin, C. E. Russ, and W. S. 
Whitney. A large base-burner stove was given the Club by 
Mr. S. L. French, and was put in the main hall of the Club 
House. The next meeting was held February 11, at 608 
Washington Street, the headquarters of the First Battalion 
of Infantry. Mr. W. F. Halsall was appointed Flag Officer 
for the year. Permission was also given Mr. W'. S. Nickerson 
to use the Club House for one or two private entertainments. 
Several yacht owners placed their craft at the disposal of non- 
yacht-owning members for the purpose of taking one or more 
excursions down the harbor ; in consequence of which a large 
programme was prepared by the Committee. A s*et of fifteen 
charts was received from the United States Coast Survey, at 
the request of Hon. B. Dean, then a member of Congress. 
That gentleman also sent several copies of books to the 
Club. 

The rain of June 17, 1878, which was the one hundred 
and third anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, conse- 
quently a general holiday in the city, made a complete failure 
of the arrangements made by the Boston and Dorchester 
Yacht Clubs, for the Grand Union Regatta, off Nahant. In 
the first class, distance twenty-five miles, there was but one 



70 A HISTORY OF THE 

entry, that of the keel schooner Breeze, which undertook to 
sail over the course, but, making a mistake, and going over 
the second class route, lost her chances for a prize. In the 
second class, distance ten and one-half miles, the course was 
sailed over by the keel sloop Shadow, Captain John Bryant. 
In the third class, distance ten and one-half miles, there were 
four entries, consisting of the centre-board sloop Wanderer, 
Captain Russ ; centre-board sloop Sea Bird, Dr. Loveland ; 
keel sloop Volante, G. S. Rice ; centre-board, cat-rigged 
Fannie, P. Grant. After proceeding about half-way over the 
course, the Wanderer withdrew, but the others continued 
on, the Sea Bird coming in ahead. In the fourth class, 
distance seven miles, were entered the cat-rigged boats 
Virginia, Captain Plympton ; Psyche, Captain King ; Druid, 
Captain F. Drew; and Adrienne, Captain J. Pfaff. These 
boats made a good start and sailed over the course, the 
Psyche coming in first, and the Druid second. After the 
first and second-class boats had rounded the buoy at Winthrop 
Head, the tug Elsie, in which were the members of the 
Regatta Committee and representative of the Press, proceeded 
to Marblehead, to witness the regatta of the Marblehead 
Yacht Club. 

It was voted June 26, that during the yachting season, 
Thursday evenings should be set aside for social gatherings, 
and on these evenings the most enjoyable time was passed. 
On account of the room being used by the First Battalion, 
the meeting was held October 30 in the office of Mr. H. E. 
Hibbard, at the same address. The Club lost by death one 
of its most enthusiastic and active members in Mr. Arthur 
Cheney. An elegant tribute of flowers was sent his w4dow 
when the sad news was received. 

Few changes in the board of officers occurred during 
1879. At the meeting held in the Parker House, January 29, 
Messrs. William H. Bangs, Jr., J. A. Mitchell, Thomas Dean, 
F. A. Drew, and George S. Rice were appointed on the 
Regatta Committee. The Commodore was given power to 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. /I 

sign certain documents, presented by the Seawanhaka Yacht 
Club, to be used in Congress, in an effort to secure certain 
changes in the laws relating to yachting. May 28 a new tier 
of lockers was ordered built on the east side of the wharf, 
north of the Club House. 

The Regatta sailed Saturday, June 21, 1879, ^^'^s the 
most successful sailed off City Point for years. The day was 
very fine, although at the starting the wind was quite light, 
but it braced up shortly after and at the finish was blowing 
briskly from the south-west. Of the fifty-two boats that 
entered, thirty-nine started, the first class boats starting at 1 1 . 1 5 
o'clock, and the second, third, and fourth within a short time 
after. The Adrienne took the lead in the first class. The 
Viking lost three minutes in getting off, in the second class. 
The Eugenia, a third class centre-board sloop, parted her 
throat halliards just as she was starting from the line after the 
signal to go. The Muriel, of the same class, capsized while 
jibbing off Sculpin Ledge, and turned bottom-side-up. This 
placed her out of the race. The Posie, being close to her, 
rendered the disabled craft assistance, which spoiled the 
Posie' s chance for a prize. The Elfin lost her foretopmast, 
and the Thistle lost some of her stays. The Sunbeam with- 
drew just as she reached the Judges' boat. An excellent col- 
lation was served on the Judges' boat Sprite. 



Summary 












FIRST CLASS 


SCHOONERS. 




MAME. 


LENGTH. 




SAILING. 


CORRECT. 




ft. in. 




h. m. s. 


h. m. s*- 


Adrienne, 


43 9 




3 53 28 


3 II 53 


Brenda, 


63 7 




3 45 '2-2 


3 22 3 


Elfin, 


42 




4 3 22 


3 26 52 


Vif, 


42 4 




4 21 31 


3 38 12 




FIRST CLASS 


SLOOPS. 




Syren, 


39 6 




3 44 18 


2 57 13 


Thistle, 


50 3 




3 47 34 


3 12 57 


Nautilus, 


44 10 




4 5 12 


3 24 50 



72 



A HISTORY OF THE 



SECOND CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD SLOOPS). 



Lily, 

Eva, 

Fanchon, 

Comfort, 

Oenone, 



Viking, 

Lottie, 

Empress, 

Annie, 

Daisy, 

Juniper, 



Thisbie, 

Holden, 

Expert, 

Posie, 

Judith, 

Stella, 



Psyche, 
Glance, 
Rocket, 



LENGTH. 


SAILING. 


CORRHCT. 


ft. in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


37 


2 I 50 


I 26 36 


26 3 


2 17 10 


I 27 58 


26 4 


2178 


I 28 4 


27 I 


2 21 45 


I 83 53 


27 8 


2 30 50 


I 43 54 



SECOND CLASS (KEEL SLOOPS). 



35 


2 2 22 


I 24 58 


27 I 


2 16 50 


I 28 58 


26 1 1 


2 19 8 


I 31 


28 8 


2 18 48 


I 33 21 


32 8 


2 13 35 


1-33 28 


26 5 


2 28 45 


I 39 49 



THIRD CLASS (KEEL SLOOPS). 



Veronica, 


21 


8 


Fairy, 


24 


I 


L^nknown. 


24 




Sunbeam, 


24 


I 



1553 117 34 

I 52 35 I 22 47 

I 54 8 I 24 15 

[time not taken] 



THIRD CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD SLOOPS). 



21 8 


I 48 45 


I 16 16 


21 


I 53 38 


I 20 20 


23 8 


I 51 20 


I 21 6 


22 


I 54 20 


I 22 14 




I 5448 


I 24 18 




2 10 8 


I 35 47 



FOURTH CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD AND KEEL). 



17 1 1 


2 2 47 


I 25 14 


18 10 


2 I 28 


I 25 17 


16 6 


212 


I 32 9 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 73 



NAMB. 


LENGTH. 

ft. in. 


SAILING. 

h. m. s. 


CORRECT. 

h. m. s. 


Dream, 


19 




2921 


I 33 24 


Undine, 


17 




2 14 35 


I 35 35 


Nereide, 


18 




2 13 14 


I 35 48 


Josie, 


18 


4 


2 13 3 


I 36 8 


Wildfire, 


18 


I 


2 18 9 


I 40 51 



Following is a list of the winners and the prizes : — 

FIRST CLASS. 

Adrienne, solid silver cup ; Brenda, Ritchie compass ; 
Siren, silver cup ; Thistle, telescope. 

SECOND CLASS. 

Lily, silver cup ; Eva, cabin lamp ; Viking, silver cup ; 
Lottie, cabin lamp. 

THIRD CLASS. 

Veronica, silver pitcher; Fairy, pitcher and goblet; 
Thisbie, silver vase ; H olden, pitcher and goblet ; Unknown, 
silver vase ; Expert, phosphorescent clock. 

FOURTH CLASS. 

Psyche, traveller's clock; Glance, barometer; Rocket, 
silver cigar-cup ; Dream, boatswain's whistle. 

A most enjoyable time was had in August, when an 
excursion of t^e Club was taken down the Harbor in the 
Club squadron. 

Saturday, September 6, the day of sailing the thirteenth 
annual Regatta, was lovely for those who were not interested 
in yachting, but to the enthusiastic skipper, a bright sun hang- 
ing in a clear sky, over a smooth, motionless bay, without the 
least sign of a change of the weather, is a most " beastly " 
kind of a disagreeable day. At i o'clock, the time when the 
first class boats, measuring 38 feet and upward, should start, 
the natural condition of things was exactly as above described, 
and, there not being even puff enough to carry the boats 



74 



A HISTORY OF THE 



from their moorings into line, this class was not started at all. 
At 2 o'clock a gun was fired from the Judges' boat, the 
.schooner yacht [Sprite, and the colors dipped to signal the 
second class into line. In this class there had been thirteen 
entries, five schooners and eight sloops, but only six showed 
up at the line, two schooners and four sloops. The third class 
sloops did not start until 2.35 1-2 o'clock, and this was also 
a creep-away-with-the-tide start. Of thirteen entries in this 
class, only six came into line. After all the boats had been 
away about an hour, a brisk breeze freshened up from the 
south-west, and then the race began to be interesting, and a 
great number of skippers were chagrined that they had not 
sailed and taken chances with the boats out. A lively contest 
between the Viking and Lily, and between the Rebie and Sun- 
beam, were the most pronounced features of the races. 
Summary : — 

SECOND CLASS. 



NAME. 


OWNER. 


LENGTH. 

ft. in. 


SAILING. 

h. m. s. 


CORRECT. 

h. m. s. 


Loiterer, 


R. C. Bridge, 


34 4 


3 5645 


3 18 38 


Cyda, 


W. W. Kellett, 


29 4 


4 3 47 


3 19 18 


Viking, 


S. P. Freeman, 


35 


3 32 3 


2 54 39 


Lily, 


C. F. Loring. 


37 


3 33 45 


2 ^^ 31 


Folly, 


J. F. Sheppard, 


2^ I 


3 5025 


3 2 31 


Comfort, 


E. W. Denison, 


27 I* 


3 57 15 


3 9 23 




THIRD CLASS 


(sloops). 


♦ 




Rebie, 


J. P. Phinney, 


23 II 


2 19 9 


I 49 II 


Edith, 


E. Denton, 


21 9 


2 23 29 


I 52 15 


Sunbeam, 


W. S. Nickerson, 


24 II 


2 22 2 


I 53 5 


Unknown, 


B. F. Wendell, 


24 


2 27 


I 57 7 


Fairy, 


C. A. Perkins, 


24 I 


2 32 I 


2 2 13 


Leda, 


B. Jenney, 


22 7 


"distanced" 



The winners and prizes in the second class were : the 
Loiterer, $20; Viking, $20 ; Lily, ^^15. In the third class: 
Rebie, $15 ; Edith, 10; Sunbeam, 85 ; and the owner of each 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 75 

iboat (the owners having sailed their boats) received as a 
supplementary prize a beautiful watch-charm in gold, repre- 
senting the signal pennant of the Boston Yacht Club. In the 
evening a dance was held in the Club House, and so the lady 
friends of the members were entertained as handsomely as 
were the young yachtsmen. 

Vice-Commodore Nathaniel Wales resigned January 14, 
18S0. At the annual -meeting, held at the Parker House January 
.28, the following changes in the board of officers were made: 
Vice-Commodore, William B. Merrill ; Rear-Commodore, Jacob 
Pfaff ; Trustees : Messrs. Benjamin Dean, Eben Denton,Thomas 
Mack; on the Regatta Committee: Mr. S. L. French vice 
W. H. Bangs, Jr.; Membership Committee: Messrs. Charles 
E. Russ, W. S. Whitney, C. H. Plympton. April 28 Ex-Com- 
modore Dean read the Trustees' report for 1879, now made 
as of January 28, last past. Said report recited the resolution 
adopted February 28, 1877, to wit: — 

Resolved, That the Permanent Fund, now amounting 
to upwards of $10,000, the rate of increase thereof, so far 
as derived from regular fees, dues, or assessments, shall be one 
quarter of such regular fees, dues, and assessments, instead 
of one half as heretofore, but that said fund in no other respects 
shall be interfered with, or its rate of increase otherwise 
impaired. 

The following resolution was passed : — 

Resolved, That whereas the Permanent Fund, amounting 
at the commencement of the present year to the sum 
of fourteen thousand one hundred and seven dollars and twenty- 
four cents, and secured by the Club property, is sufficiently 
large to admit of it, the further increase thereof, so far as 
derived from regular fees, dues, and assessments shall be fixed 
by resolution of February 28, 1877, shall cease to take 
effect from the beginning of the present' year ; but that said 
fund in no other respect shall be interfered with, or its rate 
of interest impaired or diminished. 

Article XVH, Paragraph 4, in the Constitution, was 
amended so as to read, ''any person and any member." 



'/6 A HISTORY OF THE 

The Regatta of June 17, 1880, was a union affair, and 
proved to be one of the most gratifying successes that has 
ever been given in the waters of Dorchester Bay. The wind 
was easterly and light during the entire race, though at the 
start its force was stronger than at the finish. It was a great 
day for light boats, and the result was that a great many 
stanch, heavy racers, hitherto considered invincible, had to 
lower their pennants to smaller and inferior boats. Sixty-four 
yachts started, and of these only a few drew out of the race 
before the finish. The course for the first class race was 
twenty-three miles long ; for the second class, sixteen miles ; 
for the third and fourth classes, nine miles. The starting 
was from anchor, and each class got away in handsome style. 
The boats in the race hailed from Boston, Eastern, Bunker 
Hill, South Boston, Beverly, Lynn, Duxbury, Quincy, Jeffries, 
and other yacht clubs. The yacht Imperia and Adrienne made 
a close and exciting race over all the course. 

The Madcap came in for a first prize, but as she had two 
more men than she was allowed, lost the race. The Fannie 
being a third-class boat and starting with the fourth-class craft, 
placed her out of the race. 

The following is the summary : — 

FIRST CLASS. 

NAME. SAILING. CORRECT. 

h. m. s. h. m. s. 

Adrienne, 4 51 27 4 10 i 

Caroline, 4 53 5^ 4 i7 39 

Alice, 4 32 47 4 18 18 

Brenda, [time not taken] 

Madcap, 4 27 13 3 45 3i 

Siren, 4 33 3 

Effie 4 44 42 3 

Imperia, 4 51 22 4 

SECOND CLASS. 

Hermes, 4 26 28 3 

Bessie, 4 37 35 3 



45 


56 


55 


31 


9 


17 


49 


51 


51 


7 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



77 



NAME. 


SAILING. 

h. m. s. 


CORRECT. 

h. m. s. 


i^nnie M, 


5 


3 


40 


4 23 46 


Nimbus, 


3 


6 


8 


2 28 8 


Folly, 


3 


17 


26 


2 29 26 


Magic, 


3 


13 


18 


2 29 26 


Shadow, 


3 


ID 


26 


2 32 29 


Eva, 


3 


22 


59 


2 33 47 


Annie, 


3 


27 


15 ^ 


2 41 49 


Viking, 


3 


21 


18 


2 45 23 


Lily, 


3 


30 


II 


2 54 57 


Hector, 


3 


34 




2 55 6 


Gem, 


4 


17 


58 


3 28 22 


Napoleon, 


3 


41 


52 


3 3 26 


Mamie 


4 


5 


47 


3 18 43 




THIRD CLASS. 




Muriel, 




47 


43 


I 16 12 


Rebie, 




52 


4 


I 21 57 


Elf, 




59 


47 


I 25 26 


Banshee, 




59 


32 


I 28 18 


Expert, 




58 


34 


I 28 21 


Wanderer, 




59 


I 


I 28 26 


Alice, 


2 




24 


I 29 5 


Judith, 


2 




58 


I 30 23 


Posie, 


2 




2 


I 30 55 


Eureka, 


2 


5 


47 


I 36 55 


Leda, 


2 


18 


29 


I 46 58 


Lizzie, 


2 


31 


9 


I 57 14 


Unknown, 


I 


56 


13 


I 2^ 2 


Veronica, 


I 


59 45 


I 27 17 


Banneret, 


I 


56 


21 


2 27 35 


Sunbeam, 


2 


2 


22 


I 33 40 


Violeta, 


2 


6 


17 


I 34 46 


Echo, 


2 


3 


38 


I 35 15 


Fearless, 


2 


8 


48 


I 36 17 


Fairy, 


2 


14 


42 


I 44 55 



7« 



A HISTORY OF THE 





FOURTH 


CLASS. 




NAME. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 




h. m. 


s. 


h. m. s. 


Flora Lee, 


2 I 


9 


I 22 9 


Topsy, 


I 57 


26 


I 22 18 


Rocket, 


2 8 


59 


I 29 18 


Glance, 


2 6 


56 


I 30 8 


Dolly Varden, 


2 15 




I 35 57 


Inez, 


2 15 


12 


I 39 30 


Curlew, 


2 l6 


6 


I 40 30 


Josie, 


2 19 


37 


I 42 42 


Nattie, 


2 22 


48' 


I 43 47 



The following is a li-st of the prize winners and prizes : 
Adrienne, first, $50 ; Caroline, $30 ; Syren second, $30 ;Hermes, 
first, $30 ; Bessie, second, $20 ; Nimbus, first, $30 ; Folly, second, 
$20 ; Annie, first, $30 ; Viking, second, $20 ; Muriel, first, $2$ ; 
Rebie, second, $15; Elf, third, $10; Unknown, first, $2$; 
Veronica, second, $15 ; Banneret, third, $10; Flora Lee, first, 
$20 ; Topsy, second, $15 ; Rocket, third, $10; Glance, fourth, 
$5. Captain Cummings' boat Zephyr was used as a Com- 
mittee boat. At the Club House a yachtsmen's hop was 
given to lady friends. 

Without a sparkling breeze a yacht race is a very tame 
affair, and the Regatta sailed Saturday, September n, had 
two things to contend with : one was [no wind ; the other, the 
failure of yachts to put in an appearance. But what the Club 
lacked in the way of spars and canvas was made right in 
the royal manner in which it entertained its guests both on 
board the steam yacht Minnehaha and the sloop Sprite. The 
steamer left Long wharf at 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon. 
Captain Driscoll was in charge of the boat, and Captain C. H. 
Russ was master of ceremonies. The Sprite, moored some 
distance from the Club House, was the Judges' boat. At 2 
o'clock a very light breeze was blowing from the north-east by 
north, but gradually shifted westward before the race was 
finished. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 79 

The first signal gun that announced the opening of the 
race for first class boats was responded to by only three 
schooners. The race between these boats was tame, inas- 
much as the wind died out when it was most needed, and it 
was not until dark and near 8 o'clock that the boats returned, 
coming very slowly in the same order that they started ; but 
the Adrienne, being much shorter than her competitors, won 
an allowance. The second race was for second class sloops, 
and was participated in by two boats only. They were started 
from anchor at 2.30 o'clock, and sailed close together, with 
the Napoleon leading, until Spectacle Island was reached; 
Here a foul occurred, and the Napoleon lost considerable time. 
The advantage gained by the Mabel was sufficient to give her 
the race by nearly an hour. The Mabel had her headstay 
carried away by the collision. 

Twenty-three miles was the length of the course for the 
first class schooners, and the second course sixteen miles. No 
other classes sailed. The Adrienne received, as a first prize, 
a solid silver cup, and the Alice, second prize, ;^20. The 
Mabel, first prize, $20. Commodore Peabody's steam yacht 
Adelika, and Captain Pope's steamer, the Annie S., took 
parties aboard and followed the racing yachts over the course. 

The following is the summary : — 

FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



NAME. 


OWNER. 


LENGTH. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 






ft. in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


Alice, 


W. L. Lockhart, 


77 4 


5 22 25 


5 7 51 


Adrienne, 


J. Pfaff, 


43 II 


5 31 


4 49 34 


Caroline, ^ 


Norton and Tyler, 

SECOND CLASS 


48 7 

SLOOPS. 


5 46 15 


5 10 7 


Mabel, 


W. H. L. Smith, 


33 9 


3 3 42 


2 56 54 


Napoleon, 


C. F. Loring, 


34 I 


3 44 7 


3 5 41 



Chapter VII 

1881 - 1883. 



/nn\HE only change in the board of officers for 1881 was in 
A the Regatta Committee, that Committee being made up 
of the following gentlemen : Messrs. H. E. Hibbard, William 
B. Gleason, Nathaniel Wales, Edgar Harding, and William F. 
Halsall. The meeting February 23 was held at the office of 
Commodore Peabody, 41 State Street, when a vote was passed 
to have alterations and additions made in the toilet facilities 
of the Club House. A most flattering compliment was 
tendered Secretary Dean by the Club, April 27, and a purse 
of one hundred dollars was given him. A report was pre- 
pared May 25, by the Committee appointed to alter, the By- 
laws, whereby the Secretary would receive a compensation of 
one hundred dollars per year. 

Some sixty entries were made in the open Regatta of 
the Club held June 16, 1881, and it was expected that a 
splendid exhibition would be presented to the lovers of nauti- 
cal sports. The wind was all that the owners of the larger 
boats could desire, but in spite of this many of them allowed 
their vessels to remain at their moorings on South Boston 
Flats, although they had entered their yachts in the race. At 
10.30 o'clock, when the tow-boat Elsie, under command of 
George Frost, left T wharf with the Regatta Committee, the 
wind was blowing a perfect hurricane. At noon the breeze 
moderated and the stake boats were placed, after which the 
John Romer, with some three hundred invited guests, appeared 
on the scene. At 1.09 o'clock the signal gun for the first 
class to start, was fired. Ten schooners and two sloops 
responded to the call. The race was most exciting, each 
skipper doing his best to forge ahead of his competitor. 
When off Harding's ledge, the Caroline carried away her jib- 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



8i 



"boom stays, but preventer stays were clapped on in time to 
prevent her losing way, and she crossed the line in season to 
:secure the first prize in her class. The Muriel and Delle 
entered counter protests of fouls at Cow Pasture buoy. In 
:spite of the drawbacks, the race was a success. When 
getting into line, the Expert and Delle fouled and ran down 
■on the David Crockett, but the trouble was adjusted with- 
out appealing to the Judges. 
Summary : — 



Caroline, 
Adrienne, 



Hesper, 
Siren, 



Bessie, 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



ft. 



Norton and Tyler, 
J. Pfaff, 



48 7 
43 IT 



SAILING. 

h. m. s. 

3 30 56 
3 37 26 



h. m. 



2 54 43 
2 56 



FIRST CLASS (SLOOPS). 



W. H. Forbes, 
L. H. Keith, ^ 



49 I 3 20 42 2 44 58 
39 6 3 33 35 2 46 31 



SECOND CLASS (SCHOONERS). 

C. P. Curtis, 28 8 3 36 9 2 49 41 



Viking, 

Hera, 

Gem, 

Emily, 

Lily, 



Shadow, 
Nimbus, 



Undine, 
Allie, 



SECOND CLASS KEEL (SLOOPS). 




S. P. Freeman, 36 4 2 25 53 


I 49 58 


C. G. Weld, 37 3 2 33 23 


I 58 25 


F. Lincoln, 26 9 2 46 25 


I 58 I 


C. A. McManus, 26 8 2 49 1 5 


2 43 



Dillingham and Bond, 37 



2 41 30 2 6 16 



SECOND CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD SLOOPS), 



J. Bryant, 
G. R. Howe, 



34 6 
34 5 



2 25 27 
2 40 32 



THIRD CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD SLOOPS) 

25 



Thomas Low, 
A. S. Wattles, 



22 8 



I 43 45 
I 28 49 



1 47 30 

2 2 32 



I 12 48 

27 30 



S2 



A HISTORY OF THE 



NAMB. 

Venus, 


OWNBR. LENGTH. SAILING. 

ft. in. h. m. s. 

Brown Bros. 27 8 i 26 26 


CORRECT. 

h. m. s. 

59 8 


Thisbie, 


Bullard and Freeman, 21 6 i 36 32 


I 


3 51 


Expert, 


E. G. Souther, 23 8 i 37 9 

^ THIRD CLASS (KEEL SLOOPS). 


I 


6 50 


Banneret, 


F. A. Daniels, 25 11 i 32 24 


I 


4 26 


Whitewing, 
Raven, 


Charnock Bros., 21 8 i 42 10 
H. P. Elwell, 26 I I 39 


I 
I 


942 

II 1 1 


Fearless, 


A. Kidd, 21 7 I 32 24 


I 


4 26 



SPECIAL OPEN CLASS (KEEL AND CENTRE-BOARD). 

Muriel, C. G. Weld, 22 6 i 34 18 i 2 47 

Posie, F. C. Hersey, 22 i i 35 30 i 3 31 

Delle, H. H. Thompson, 28 i 42 35 i 8 53 

David Crockett, H. Putman, 21 6 i 46 32 i 13 51 



Sheerwater, 



FOURTH CLASS. 

W. W. Merrill, 18 5 i 55 22 i 20 34 



Messrs. Augustus Russ, Treasurer, and Thomas Dean, 
Secretary, were elected honorary members January 25, 1882. 
Commodore Peabody resigned his office at this meeting. The 
only change of officers for the year was as follows : Commo^ 
dore, J. Pfaff; Vice-Commodore, C. W. Jones; Rear-Commo- 
dore, Charles A. Welch, Jr. All the members comprising the 
Regatta Committee resigned March 1 5, and were succeeded 
by Messrs. J. P. Phinney, C. H. Plimpton, C. F. Loring, J. B. 
Moody, and F. E. Peabody. A large observation glass for 
use in the Club House was voted for April 26. The piling 
under the Club House was rendered unsafe by the inroad of 
worms, in consequence of which the House Committee was 
given power, July 12, to attend to it. After careful inquiry as 
to the most efficient manner of strengthening the building, 
they reported April 25, 1883, that over one hundred piles were 
weakened at the surface of the mud, and it was necessary to 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 83 

stiffen the piling structure by bracing. Seven hundred dollars 
was appropriated for the purpose. 

At an early hour on Hhe morning of Saturday, June 1 7, 
1882, the would-be competitors of the Regatta began to assem- 
ble, and many a doleful visage presented itself as the weather 
indications were glanced at. A perfect calm prevailed, and not 
a ripple could be discerned on the glassy surface of the Bay, 
on which account many skippers left the scene, predicting 
a fizzle for the race. As the flood tide began to make, those 
who had the courage to wait were agreeably surprised to 
observe a sea breeze set in, and at the hour of starting a good 
breeze was blowing from the east About 10 o'clock the tug- 
boat Nat. Wales, Captain Gates, which had been chartered as a 
Judges' boat, took aboard the Regatta Committee and Judges, the 
latter being Messrs. Thomas Dean, Eben Denton, and Coolidge 
Barnard. At 1 1 o'clock, prompt, the signal for the start of 
the boats in the first class was given. The start was made in 
a new and novel manner, entirely out of the general rule, the 
yachts being required to start from an anchor, with all sails 
down, thus giving an excellent exhibition of the efficiency of 
the crews in making sail. When the word was given, a 
most exciting scene was witnessed, each crew, naturally vying 
with the others to "masthead" their sails, and gain whatever 
supremacy they might by their celerity. In some cases the 
halliards were led through snatch blocks, and a " walk away " 
was made with the slack, running the sails up with almost 
lightning rapidity. In this class the Alert was the first to 
fall away, followed a second later by the Recreation. In the 
schooners, the Falcon got the first start. The time of the 
first boat under way was i 3-4 minutes. The course sailed 
over by the first class was a distance of twenty miles. Prizes 
were awarded as follows : — For sloops, first, silver cup, value, 
;^8o ; second, silver cup, value, $25 ; for schooners, the same. 
The prize winners in this class were : the sloops, Anna, 
first ; Recreation, second ; schooners, Adrienne, first ; Alice, 
second. 



84 A HISTORY OF THE 

Five minutes later the signal for the second class was 
given, and away they flew over the fourteen-mile course under 
a ''dandy " breeze. The prizes in this class were: first, silver 
salver, valued at ^50; second, silver pitcher, #30. Smaller 
prizes were also awarded the winning boats classified under 
the head of keel sloops and centre-board sloops, in the same 
class. The first prize among the schooners was awarded to 
Lorelei, and the second to the Bessie. The Magic and Waif 
captured the first and second prizes, respectively, in the centre- 
board sloop class, and the keel winners were the Lily and the 
Hera, in the order named. 

The next feature of the programme was the start of the 
third and fourth classes, which followed five minutes after the 
preceding class had got away. This was composed of keel and 
centre-board sloops measuring less than 25 feet, and a special 
class of open boats measuring 20 feet and less than 25 feet. 
The prizes, in the third class, in each classification, centre- 
board and keel, were: first, #25; second, $15; third, #10. 
All these prizes were gold coin. In the fourth class the prizes 
were: first, $20; second, $10; in gold. The Posie carried 
away her topsail, when she had a fine lead off Sculpin Ledge 
buoy. The course sailed over was a distance of eight miles. 
The winners in the third class keels were : Raven, first ; Judith, 
second ; Sunbeam, third ; Rebie, Venice, and Jennie L., of 
the centre-boards of the third class ; Ibis and Amy taking 
the first and second places in the fourth classification. The 
fifth class was given the signal a few moments after that 
of the fourth, and in the hoisting of their sails a magni- 
ficent spectacle presented itself. The time made by this 
class in getting under way was eleven seconds. The dis- 
tance sailed was five miles. The prizes in this class were 
$20,815, and fio, in gold coin; of which the Nonpareil, 
Vesper, and Charlotte, of the keels, respectively, took first, 
second, and third. In the centre-board division of this class 
the winners were Peri, Flora Lee, and Wildfire, in the order 
named. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



85 



The steamer William Sprague, with a large party of 
invited guests of both sexes, went over the course, and 
enlivened the scene with strains of popular music by the 
band on board, and on the Judges' boat a bountiful collation 
was served, while at the Club House a repast was served, and 
music and song added to the festivities of the occasion. 

Summary : — 

FIRST CLASS (SCHOONERS). 



LENGTH. 

ft. in. 



SAILING. 

h. m. s. 



b. Adrienne, J. Pfaff, 

b. Alice, W. L. Lockhart, 



CORRECT. 

h. m. s. 



43 II 4 7 30 3 31 28 
77 3 3 47 30 3 34 4^ 



FIRST CLASS (SLOOPS). 

h. Anna, W. B. Lambert, 3942-3 3 58 13 

b. Recreation, Abott & Merrill, 43 4352 



s. b. Lily 

d. Hera, 

d. Zulu, 
.5". b. Freddie, 

d. Viking, 

b. Countess, 
s. b. Gleam, 



SECOND CLASS (KEEL SLOOPS). 

Pond & Dillingham, 37 2 14 55 

37 13-4 2 32 II 
27 8 2 43 6 



Charles Weld, 
A. L. Jackson, 
M. J. Driscoll, 
S. P. Freeman, 
C. Armstrong, 
R. V. King, 



27 
36 
30 



4 
6 



2 48 35 
2 39 II 
2 47 51 
2 58 56 



s. b. Mermaid, W. C. Cherrington, 28 10 2 59 48 



THIRD CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD SLOOPS), 



b. Rebie, 
q. Venus, 
/. Jennie, 



//. Raven, 
j. Judith, 



J. P. Phinney, 23 

McKenzie & Stacy, 27 8 



I 34 25 
I 39 10 

I 40 34 



THIRD CLASS (KEEL SLOOPS). 

El well & Friend, 25 8 i 35 36 



E. T. Pigeon, 



24 



I 40 32 



b. Sunbeam, W. S. Nickerson, 25 2 i 40 



3 17 II 
3 ^^ 52 



1 44 ^ 

2 I 27' 

222 

263s 

2 7 45 
2 10 18 

2 19 10 

2 20 15 



I 6 55 
I 13 22 

I 14 37 



I 10 31 

I 14 5 
I 14 30 



86 



A HISTOHY OF THE 



ft. 



h. m. 



s. b. Whitewing, Charnock Bros., 

d. Kitty. N. M. Tayer, 

w.v. Banneret F. A. Daniels, 



22 3 1-3 I 46 34 I 18 18 

24 I 51 50 I 25 19 

I 36 23[nottak'Ti] 



FOURTH CLASS (OPEN BOATS, KEEL, AND CENTRE-BOARD.). 



b. Ibes, J. K. Souther, 20 

//. Amy, E. W. Dexter, 2 1 

//. D.Crockett, H. H. Putnam, 21 



//. Allie, 
//. Joker, 
q. Herald, 
b. Posie, 
q. Thorn, 
h. Thisbie, 
/. Sadie, 



Wattles &Chapman22 

George Coffin, 20 

\V. B. Smith, 20 

F. C. Hersey, 22 

F. M. Randall, 22 

S. A. Freeman, 21 

J. F. Lee, 23 



8 
3 

7 1-3 
8 

7 
6 

8 

5 
3 



FIFTH CLASS (KEEL). 



^.'zy. Nonpareil, E. Lanning, 17 4 

/.Vesper, Benner Bros., 19 i 

//. Charlotte, G. G. Garraway, 18 11 

s. b. Lizzie, J. S. Porter, 19 6 

t£/.z'. Elsie, J. L. Clark, 16 7 

d. Meteor, C. Barnard, 1 7 

w.v.lnQz, Goodrich Bros., 19 7 
/. Chiquita, H. Wedger, 



35 4 
34 50 

38 6 
2>7 18 

39 36 
3942 
38 10 
42 5 

40 10 
44 II 



I 36 8 
I 35 2 
I 38 45 
I 37 50 

I 43 45 

I 43 10 

I 41 8 



5 6 
5 31 
9 8 
9 28 

9 33 
9 33 

9 44 

14 15 

15 2 
19 3 



I 1446 
I 15 8 
I 18 2 
I 18 19 
I 21 12 
I 21 37 
I 21 30 



I 50 3 1 [not taken] 



FIFTH CLASS (CENTRE-BOARD). 



b. Peri, H. Parkman, 

//. Flora Lee, S. H. Freeman, 
q. Wildfire, H. A. Keith, 
q. Nautilus, H. M. Faxon, 
//. Corsair, W. H. Miles, 
//. Sheerwater W. M. Merrill, 
s. b. Flirt, J. P. Bullard, 



19 4 


I 26 35 




6 52 


17 


I 29 40 




8 2 


18 I 


I 29 1 1 




8 28 


17 10 


I 33 21 




9 36 


18 II 


I 30 19 




10 17 


18 8 


I 31 45 




II 31 


16 5 


I 34 15 




12 3 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



87 



ft. 


in. 


h. ID. s. 


h. m. s. 


18 


10 


I 32 10 


I 12 14 


18 


9 


I 32 29 


I 12 19 


18 


6 


I 35 45 


I 15 23 


17 


3 


I 37 25 


I 15 59 


16 


7 


I 41 38 


I 19 35 


16 


10 


I 43 :34 


I 21 45 


19 


3 


I 44 34 


I 24 48 


14 


9 


I 49 43 


I 25 47 



^. Janet, W. L. Phinney, 

^. Glance, J. M. Knight, 

g. Diadem, L. Hayward, 

//. Idlewild, H. W. Curtis, 

^. Zip, G. W. Morton, 

A. Ripple, A. B. Dunham, 
;^. Halloween G. L. Turnbull, 

s. b. Sylvan, J. Bertram, 



The observations used above before the name of the yachts 
have the following significance : b., Boston ; h.y Hull ; 7'., 
Jeffries ; w. v., Washington Village ; /., Phoenix ; d.y Dor- 
chester ; /., Lynn ; s. b., South Boston ; q., Quincy, yacht 
clubs. 

Few changes occurred in the board of officers for 1883. 
On the Regatta Committee, Mr. John A. Stetson was appointed 
vice Mr. C. H. Plympton, and in the Membership Committee, 
Mr. John B. Meer vice W. S. Whitney, deceased. Secretary 
Dean was paid one hundred dollars, March 21, for his services. 
The following amendment to the Constitution, proposed 
by Mr. A. Russ, was carried April 25, by adding the 
following : — 

" Members of the Club who reside out of the Common- 
wealth shall, by paying ten consecutive annual assessments 
while so residing, be enrolled a life member upon giving 
notice of their desire to avail themselves of this provision." 

The following letter was received by the Treasurer, and 
read at a meeting June 13: — 

New York, May 21, 1883. 
Augustus Russ, Esq : — 

Dear Sir, — I would like to present the Boston Yacht 
Club with a challenge cup, to be won three times by the same 
boat, under such conditions as your Committee might name. 
If such a present would be acceptable, please notify me and I 
will give the order to have the cup ready by July 15. If there 



S8 



A HISTORY OF THE 



are any members of the Boston Yacht Club who would like 
to join the American Yacht Club, send me their names and I 
will take care of them. 

Yours, truly, 

W. E. Connor. 



The cup was accepted, but some discussion arose as to 
what class of boats should compete for it, whereupon Com- 
modore Pfaff offered a prize of one hundred for such yachts as 
might not be included in the class allowed to race for the cup. 
A Committee, consisting of Messrs. T. Dean, Lovell, and 
Moody, was appointed to confer with Mr. Connor as to his 
preferences or intentions in the matter ; but that gentleman 
left everything to the Committee intrusted with the cup, with 
the care of the matter, he offering nothing to qualify his letter 
of gift, in consequence of which the following report was drawn 
up and accepted : — 

"The Committee recommend that the cup be sailed for 
as a Championship Cup, at such times as the Regatta Com- 
mittee shall appoint in fulfillment of the letter of gift. 

**That competition for the cup be open to all yachts of 
the Club 33 feet and upw^ards in sailing length, 'and to such 
yachts of shorter length not less than 30 feet long as shall call 
themselves 33 feet. 

" That in such racing it is desirable to secure a course not 
unfavorable to schooners, substantially one-third part thereof 
to be, as nearly as practicable, dead to windward, and that on 
said windward course, the allowance to schooners shall be 
based on four-fifths their sailing length, that is to say, on 
said course to windward, allowance to be calculated on 
schooners as being only four-fifths of their actual sailing 
length, computing the windward course as a straight line." 

It was also voted that the following inscription be 
engraved on the cup : — 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 89 

BOSTON YACHT CLUB 

Championship Cup. 

Presented by Washington E. Connor, of New York. 

1883. 

Commodore Pfaff' s offer of one hundred and fifty dollars 
by the Club was accepted, and the Regatta Committee was 
instructed to procure a prize cup which should be a Champion- 
ship Cup. It was then voted, August 29, that the sailing 
regulations, as prepared by the Regatta Committee for the 
race of September i, be the Club regulations for that occasion, 
and for that occasion only ; the regulations as printed by 
them to be modified to this extent, that the first class yachts 
be not required to carry boats. A Committee, consisting of 
Messrs. J. P. Phinney, Rear-Commodore Welch, and Thomas 
Dean, was then appointed to revise the Club Sailing 
Regulations. 

The first race for the Connor and Pfaff cups was sailed 
Saturday, September i, the start being made off the Club 
House. Six boats only entered for the Connor cup, and three 
for the Pfaff. The contestants were : For the Connor cup, — 
Shadow, John Bryant; Nimbus, Bernard Jermey; Anna, 
William B. Lambert : Adrienne, Jacob Pfaff ; Tempest, H. F. 
Whittier ; Magnet, Dr. G. W. Atwood. For the Pfaff cup, — 
Rebie, J. P. Phinney ; Frolic, A. J. Wright ; and the Waif. 
The boats of both classes were started at 10.37 1-2 o'clock, 
and the courses sailed were as follows : — First class : From off 
the Club House, through the Narrows, leaving Spectacle 
Island, George's Island, Point Allerton buoy on starboard, 
Harding's bell-buoy. Whistling buoy off the Graves, Egg 
Rock Head buoy on the port ; Fawn Bar buoys on the star- 
board, to the Judges' boat, passing between it and the flag 
boat. For the second class : From off the Club House, 
through the Narrows, leaving Spectacle Island, Nix's Mate 
bell-buoy. Gallop's Island, George's Sound and Point Allerton 
buoy on the starboard ; Harding's bell-buoy on the port ; Point 



90 A HISTORY OF THE 

Allerton buoy on the port, through the Narrows, leaving 
George's Island, Gallop's Island, NLx's Mate bell-buoy on the 
port, to the Judges' boat, passing between it and the flag 
boat. 

The wind was light throughout the race and gaflf-topsails 
and balloon jibs were carried all the way around by nearly all 
the boats. From Egg Rock to the Judges' boat the first class 
boats had the wind free, as it was blowing from the north-west, 
and a little better time was made. The Shadow was the 
winner. Time : correct, 3 hours, 5 5 minutes, 30 seconds. In 
the second class, the Frolic covered the course in i hour, 41 
minutes, and was declared the winner. The tug William H. 
Clark was used as a Judges' boat, and the steamer Pope Catlin 
was chartered by the Club to convey its guests over the 
course. 

Mr. W. E. Connor's new yacht, the Utowana, appeared 
for the first time in Boston waters. She came to attend the 
Regatta, and had on board Mr. Connor, Mr. George Gould, son 
of Jay Gould, and Mr. LawTcnce, of New York. 

In the absence of Mr. Dean at the meeting October 31, 
Mr. C. F. Loring was elected Secretar)' pro tern, and a vote of 
thanks to Mr. W. E. Connor and Commodore Pfaff for the 
prize cups was passed. On motion of the Treasurer, it was 
voted that blanks be sent to each member before the annual 
meeting, containing titles of officers to be balloted for, so that 
the voters could fill out their blanks at their leisure. 



Chapxkr VIII. 
1884- 1887. 

AT the annual meeting held in the Parker House January 
30, 1884, the following change in the board of officers 
was effected : Vice-Commodore, W. L. Lockhart ; Rear-Com- 
modore, J. B. Meer ; Regatta Committee, Charles L. James 
and George H. Tyler vice J. P. Phinney and F. E. Peabody ; 
Membership Committee, D. B. Curtis vice C. E. Russ. The 
next important business of the meeting was the passage 
of the following amendment to article XIII of the Consti- 
tution : " All voting shall be by representatives of yachts, 
by life members, and by other members who have paid ten 
annual assessments." Messrs. C. F. Loring, J. P. Phinney, 
and George H. Tyler were appointed delegates to represent 
the Club at the Convention held February 7, for the purpose 
of organizing the New England Yachting Association. Vice- 
Commodore Lockhart having resigned, Rear-Commodore J. B. 
Meer was, on May 7, elected to fill the office, and Mr. W. E. 
Connor, of New York, Rear-Commodore; while Mr. Thomas 
Manning was elected a Trustee vice Thomas Mack, resigned. 
On May 16 Mr. Tyler reported that the Telephone Company 
would furnish the use of a telephone and appliances connected 
by a special wire with the Club House at a cost of $90, for 
five months, whereupon, the Commodore was instructed to 
execute the contract. 

A Committee, consisting of Messrs. A. Russ, Augustus 
Lothrop, and Eben Denton, was appointed June 25, to confer 
with Messrs. Lawley Brothers regarding the purchase of their 
property ; but they reported, August 20, that it was inexpedient 
to accept the offer of sale. Mr. C. F. Loring officiated as 
Secretary pro tent at this meeting, while Mr. C. W. Jones 
filled the same office on July 30. On account of the low 



92 A HISTORY OF THE 

funds in the treasury, Secretary Dean would not accept the 
Club appropriation to him of one hundred dollars. Resolu- 
tions of condolence were drawn up by the Club on the death 
of Mr. George H. Tyler. 

The second of the series of races for the championship 
cups was sailed Saturday, August 9, 1884. It was a great day 
for heavy boats. The wind blew almost a gale from the north- 
east ; a heavy, choppy sea was on ; and a swell, which bothered 
small craft, was encountered in the outside Bay. Neverthe- 
less, of the fifty boats that had entered to participate in the 
Regatta, only about twenty appeared. The steamer Wesley 
A. Gove was used by the Judges and Regatta Committee. 
At 10 o'clock the signal was sounded for the first and second 
class boats to form into line, and at 10.33 o'clock they were 
started together from anchor. The race for the Connor cup 
was of course the event af the day. The starters in this race 
were the Adrienne, (Commodore Pfaff's boat,) the Shadow, 
Tempest, Nimbus, Lily, and Ella May. The great race of 
the day was between the Adrienne and the Shadow, the latter 
battling for a second leg in the rich prize, and the former 
making a desperate struggle to get one score upon it. The 
Adrienne had to do some quick work to win, as she had to 
allow her next opponent 3 1 minutes on account of the differ- 
ence in length. The finish was crossed in the following time : 
Adrienne, 2.56 o'clock; Tempest, 3.261-2 o'clock; and 
Shadow, 3.29 1-2 o'clock. By allowance, the Shadow won over 
the Tempest, and the result was that the first gained a leg in 
the Connor cup. The Shadow won $30, second prize ; and the 
Tempest won $20, a third prize. 

The Pfaff vase was hotly contested for by nearly a dozen 
boats, but most of them could not work through the heavy 
outside sea. They sailed the following course : From off the 
Club House, out Broad Sound, leaving Spectacle Island, Nix's 
Mate bell-buoy. Ram Head buoy on the starboard ; Fawn Bar 
buoys on the port ; Whistling buoy off the Graves on star- 
board; Fawn Bar buoy on the starboard; Ram Head buoy and 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 93 

Nix's Mate bell-buoy on port, to Judges' boat, passing between 
it and the flag boat. The best of the racing was shown by 
the Sea Bird, Eva, and Kitty, the boats that divided the prizes 
as well as the honors. The first took a leg in the Pfaff cup ; 
the second won $30, and the third ;^20. In the first race the 
Nimbus lost a topmast, and the Ella May shipped a load of 
water, compelling her to go hunting for the shore. The Judges 
were Thomas Dean, Eben Denton, and Coolidge Barnard. 

An easterly breeze, which blew from sunrise until late 
in the afternoon, and an India-ink sky, which gave the 
waters of Dorchester Bay the appearance of a sea of liquid 
sepia tint, made September 13 a glorious day for yachting. 
The Regatta was the third of a series of champion races by 
boats of the Club for the Connor cup and the Pfaff vase. 
The Frolic and Seabird, having left the Club squadron, the 
**legs" won in the latter trophy were ''off." In the race there 
was all that could be desired for skipping, and interest ran 
high, almost to fever heat, among yachtsmen. The Shadow 
was a foe worthy of the Adrienne's metal, and was stripped 
for the contest, and a nip-and-tuck race was the result in the 
aquatic struggle for the Connor cup. There were seven 
entries, and all started and sailed a comparatively close race. 
This class and the second were started together at 12.30 
o'clock, the Adrienne taking the lead at the outset, in her 
class. This she maintained and increased until the finish, 
closing fully 31 minutes and 25 seconds ahead of the second 
boat, which was the Shadow, but upon allowance and corrected 
time the lead was decreased to i minute and 23 seconds. It 
was a noble struggle all along the twenty-five mile course. 
When off Long Island Head the Undine lost her topmast, 
which robbed her of any chances. In addition to the cups 
there were prizes of ^30 and I20. The former amount went 
to the Shadow, and the latter to the Undine. 

The race for the Pfaff vase was as lively as the first class 
contest. Of ten boats that had entered, eight started, and 
only one failed to cover the course. To every yacht that com- 



94 



A HISTORY OF THE 



pleted the course in both classes was given a silken Club 
signal. In this class the centre-board Eva took a $30 prize, 
and the keel boat Kitty took the #20 consolation. 

The following summary gives the details of the races : — 





FIRST CLASS. 








NAME. 


OWNER. 


LENGTH. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 






ft. 


in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. S. 


Adrienne, 


J. Pfaff, 


64 


2 


3 45 15 


3 16 


Shadow, 


D. J. Bryant, 


34 


6 


4 16 40 


3 17 23 


Undine, 


B. Dean, 


50 


9 


4 18 


3 23 13 


Tempest, 


• H. F. Whittier, 


56 


9 


4 5 20 


3 29 36 


Brenda, 


J. H. Abbott, 


63 


5 


4 10 


3 30 18 


Clytie, 


F. Cunningham, 


34 


9 


4 30 52 


3 32 5 


Lily, 


W. B. Gale, 


36 


II 


438 54 


3 43 44 




SECOND CLASS. 








Edna, 


A. F. Smith, 


2S 


6 


2 31 55 


I 46 13 


Eva, 


Daniel Sargent, 


26 




2 47 14 


I 57 38 


Kitty, 


E. H. Tarbell, 


23 


I 


2 58 31 


2 3 40 


Saracen, 


W. P. Fowle, 


24 


I 


2 5644 


2 3 46 


Ada, 


W. H. Wilkinson, 


24 


I 


2 57 II 


2 4 13 


Folly, 


J. F. Sheppard, 


27 


I 


2 55 31 


2 7 39 


Echo, 


B. M. Putnam, Jr., 


25 


4 


3 3 44 


2 16 I 


lone. 


John Wilds, 




did not return" 



The sum of one thousand dollars was appropriated Octo- 
ber 8, 1884, to be used by the House Committee in the 
improvement of the Club property. Mr. D. B. Curtis acted 
as Secretary of this meeting. The Regatta Committee 
reported March 18, 1885, that, owing to the various expenses 
of the Club, they would dispense with ** Ladies' Day," this 
season, and that only Regattas would be held. The Club- 
book was for the same reason not issued. A letter was 
received, July i, from the United States Hydrographic Office 
of Boston, tendering the services of the office to members of 
the Club. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 95 

The event of importance in the Regatta sailed Saturday, 
June 14, 1885, was the final heat earned by Captain Jacob 
Pfaff's trim schooner Adrienne, in the races for the magnifi- 
cent hammered-coin silver cup of Mr. Connor. The day was 
a good one for racing ; a stiff breeze held on constantly from 
the south-west. There were not as many boats in the Regatta 
as were expected to participate, but the season was so back- 
ward that the heavy boats were tardy in getting in commission 
and most of them were unprepared to race. Only two 
schooners, the Adrienne and Tempest, and two sloops, the 
Undine and the Shadow, appeared. At 10.30 o'clock the 
boats in the first and second classes started from anchor and 
got away in good order and fine effect. The smaller boats, of 
the second class, of course, trimmed to wind quickly and 
darted off, taking first water ; but in the cloud of sail, the 
towering canvas of the Adrienne could be seen forging ahead, 
and at Spectacle Island she led the entire fleet. This lead 
she maintained to the end, continually increasing her points 
as she rounded every buoy and turning stake, and crossed the 
line at 2.24 1-3 p. m., having sailed a course of over twenty-five 
miles in nearly four hours. The Undine gave the Adrienne 
a rub over a portion of the course, and would have probably 
made it warm for her at the finish had she not lost her top- 
mast as she cleared Nix's Mate. The Undine's skipper, 
undaunted, made the best of what canvas he had left, and 
held to the wake of the fleeing Adrienne and crossed the line 
only 38 seconds behind, by corrected time. The Tempest 
crossed third, and the Shadow fourth. By this result the 
Adrienne took the Connor cup as her exclusive property. 

The time given of Adrienne, Undine, and Shadow, is 
based on their sailing length after remeasurement. The 
Shadow requested measurement of Adrienne. Adrienne then 
requested measurement of Undine. Both Adrienne and 
Undine proved about a fourth longer than the length sailed 
on, — Adrienne 14 inches. Undine 13 inches. Then the 
Shadow claimed that the length of the Adrienne, as ascer- 



J 



96 A HISTORY OF THE 

tained, gave the Shadow the race of September 13, 1884, 
which the Adrienne held by only 42 seconds. To meet this 
claim, the Shadow, on request of Adrienne, was measured and 
found to be 34 feet 10 inches sailing length, instead of 34 feet 
6 inches. On this new measurement of the Adrienne and 
the Shadow, the former retains her race of last September, 
though by 22 seconds in place of the 42 seconds as recorded. 

A half-dozen trim craft started in the second class for 
the Pfaff cup. They were the Mabel, cat boat, Captain George 
Howe ; Saracen, cutter rigged, Captain W. P. Fowle ; Alda, 
sloop, Mr. Wilkinson ; Eva, sloop, Mr. Daniel Sargent ; Edna, 
cutter, Mr. George Lawley ; and the Kitty, sloop, Messrs. 
Tarbell and Adams. The course sailed by this class was No. 
5, a distance of eighteen miles. The Edna showed over the 
line first, the Eva second, and the Kitty third, with the 
Saracen in fourth place. The tugs William H. Clark and 
Francis J. Ward followed the yachts, and Captain Abbott also 
followed in his steam yacht Nerita. 

Summary : — 

FIRST RACE. 



NAME. 


SAILING. 

h. m. s. 


CORRBCT. 

h. m. s> 


Adrienne, 


3 55 3 


3 ^^ 42 


Tempest, 


4 13 31 


3 37 47 


Undine, 


4 3 32 


3 27 37 


Shadow, 


4 30 44 

SECOND RACE. 


3 32 I 


Edna, 


5 25 


2 42 9 


Eva, 


3 30 10 


2 43 40 


Kitty, 


3 37 28 


2 47 10 


Saracen, 


3 46 51 


2 57 12 


Mabel, 


3 55 15 


2 57 49 


Alda, 


3 55 20 


3 5 41 



A Committee, consisting of Messrs. Benjamin Dean, 
Augustus Russ, J. A. Stetson, J. P. Phinney, C W. Jones, 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 9/ 

Eben Denton, Otis D. Dana, the Commodore and Vice-Com- 
modore, was appointed, June 3, to have full power to negotiate 
for and purchase the land adjoining the Club property, owned 
by Mr. Luther Pierce, which they bought for five thousand 
dollars, retaining the privilege of buying the house and 
corner lot, within two years, for three thousand dollars extra. 
This purchase gave the Club excellent water facilities, and 
otherwise increased the Club's advantage. 

The race for the Pfaif cup for second class yachts took 
place Thursday, July 16. The course sailed was from off the 
Club House, through the Narrows, leaving Spectacle Island, 
Nix's Mate bell-buoy. Gallop's Island, George's Island, and 
Point Allerton buoy, on the starboard ; Sound Point Beacon on 
the port ; Harding's bell-buoy on the port ; Point Allerton buoy 
on the port ; through the Narrows, leaving George's Island, 
Gallop's Island, and Nix's Mate bell-buoy on the port, Sound 
Point Beacon on the starboard, to the Judges' boat. In addi- 
tion to the Pfaff cup, a second cup was awarded to the second 
boat, and ^15 to the third. The wind before the start was 
blowing light from the east, and it did not blow over five knots 
at any time during the race. The Judges, Messrs. Thomas 
Dean (chairman), Eben Denton, and Coolidge Barnard, and 
other members, followed the races in the tug William H. 
Clark. Promptly at 10 o'clock the whistle was blown, notify- 
ing the yachts to get into position. The sloops Eva, Kitty, 
Edna, and Alda, and cat-boat Alert, were started at 10.30 
o'clock. It was a most uninteresting race from start to finish, 
on account of the light wind. At the time when the Eva had 
the best of the race, she was run aground after passing Bug 
Light, and all hands were compelled to get out and shove her 
off. She was hung up over two minutes, which allowed the 
Kitty to get far enough ahead to win the race. 

The following is the summary : — 



98 



A HISTORY OF THE 



OWNER. 


LENGTH. 


SAILING. 


CORRECT. 




ft. in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


E. H. Tarbell, 


24 4 


5 52 5 


4 59 35 


D. Sargent, 


266 


5 49 54 


5 I 6 


A. L. Smith, 


29 2 


5 53 10 


5 58 27 


W. P. Wilkinson, 


24 2 


5 59 8 


5 6 20 


T. P. Holt, 




"withdrawn" 



Kitty, 

Eva, 

Edna, 

Alda, 

Alert, 

Some discussion was raised, at the election of officers for 
1886, regarding the re-election of Mr. Connor for Rear-Com- 
modore, it being thought by some that that office should be 
held by a resident member ; but on the vote being taken he 
was re-elected. The Club House was painted during May, 
and eight new lockers built. Privilege of the Club House 
and landing of the Portland Yacht Club was tended this Asso- 
ciation, which courtesy was returned by this Club. Commodore 
Pfaff sent in his resignation April 26, on account of illness, 
which necessitated his spending the yachting season abroad. 
No action was taken in the matter by the Club. Mr. D. B. 
Curtis resigned his position on the Membership Committee 
June 9, and was succeeded by Mr. Charles L. James. The 
following letter was received by the Club : — 

United States Flagship Tennessee, 
Newport, R. I., October i, 1886. 
Commodore Jacob Pfaff, Boston Yacht Club: — 

Dear Sir, — Will you have the kindness to inform me of 
the total number of officers and seamen employed in the yacht 
squadron under your command ? 

In case you should not have this information, I venture 
to suggest the blank form herewith inclosed, which might be 
sent to each yacht owner of your command, with a request to 
fill it out and return it to my address, care of Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

If full returns are made from all yacht squadrons, sta- 
tistics will be obtained in regard to your yacht service which 
cannot but prove of much general interest and of no small 
value to the Government. Very respectfully, 

S. B. Luce, Rear- Admiral ^ 

Cormna7idmg U. S. Naval Forces at North Atlafitic Station. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 99 

The Regatta sailed Thursday, July 22, 1886, in the Cham- 
pion Cup series, was not a success. For a perfect Regatta 
two things are essential, — boats and wind, — and in this race 
both these elements that go to make up a full-fledged regatta, 
were missing. The Adrienne was the only schooner that 
showed up, and there was no race in her class. She started to 
go over the course, but it was not her kind of a day, so when 
between Nahant and Fawn Bar she stopped racing. The 
Violet and Shadow were the only boats that started in the 
class for first class sloops, and both were withdrawn before the 
race was half finished. Four boats sailed in the second class, 
and as the course was a short one, only fifteen miles, they all 
finished, the first in about 41-2 hours, and the last in nearly 
5 hours. The start from anchor was made by all the boats at 
10.50 o'clock, and it was fully 45 minutes before they crossed 
the line for the starting time to be taken. It was a creeping 
race. There was not a stir of air, and one could almost write 
his name on the water it was so dead. The race gave the 
Eva two legs in the Pfaff cup. The Echo took the second 
prize of ;^io, and this was the only prize that was won during 
the day. 

Summary : — / 

SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



NAME. 


OWNER. 


LENGTH. 


SAIUNG. 


CORRECT. 






ft. in. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


Eva, 


D. Sargent, 


26 


4 17 


3 30 30 


Echo, 


E. L. Burwell, 


25 2 


4 28 10 


3 40 21 


Mabel, 


N. H. Wilkinson, 


27 41-2 


4 27 22 


3 42 26 


Edna. 


George Lawley, 


28 10 


4 35 


3 52 47 



Chapxkr IX. 

1887- I89I. 



THE change in the board of officers for 1887 was as 
follows : Commodore, Augustus Russ ; Vice-Commodore, 
J. B. Meer ; Rear-Commodore, J. P. Phinney ; Treasurer, 

D. A. Dorr; Membership Committee, Messrs. J. B. Meer, 

E. H. Tarbell, J. Alfred Mitchell. A vote of thanks was 
extended to the retiring Commodore for his faithful and valu- 
able services rendered during his administration. He was 
then elected an honorary member of the Club. It was voted 
April 27, at which meeting Mr. D. A. Dorr presided as Secre- 
tary /r<? tem^ that a Club-book should be issued. 

The big Regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club, during 
which the Mayflower and Sachem won the race, interfered 
with the success of the Boston Yacht Club's Regatta held 
Thursday, June 23, 1887. It was expected that two classes 
would start, — first class sloops and first class schooners, and 
second class boats, — but only two yachts of the second class, 
the Echo and the Edna, were ready to start. The race was 
postponed for half an hour for the Mabel. The start was 
from anchor, the boats forming in line, and the Echo got the 
best of it. The course was from off the Club House, out 
Broad Sound, leaving Spectacle Island, Nix's Mate bell-buoy, 
Ram's Head buoy on the starboard ; South Point beacon, 
Fawn Bar buoys on the port ; Whistling buoy off the Graves 
on the starboard ; Fawn Bar buoys on the starboard ; Ram 
Head and Nix's Mate bell-buoy on the port ; South Point 
beacon on the starboard ; Spectacle Island on the port ; to the 
Judges' boat. The race was a procession from the start to 
the turn at the Whistling buoy off the graves. The Edna 
crossed the line nearly ten minutes ahead of the Mabel, which 
beat the Echo by about three minutes, although the latter was 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. lOI 

given second place on time allowance. The Edna, having won 
the Champion Cup twice before, her victory in this race 
entitled her to its permanent possession. Commodore Russ's 
launch Galatea was occupied by the Judges, Messrs. Dean, 
Denton, and Barnard, while the members of the Club were 
on the tug William H. Clark, and after enjoying their own 
Regatta, went off to witness that of the Eastern Club. 
Summary : — 

NAME. SAILING. CORRECT. 

h. m. s. h. m. s. 

Edna, 2 50 55 2 8 27 1-2 

Echo, 3 I 58 2 14 8 1-2 

Mabel, 2 58 48 2 14 18 

The Regatta of Thursday, July 7, as far as the number 
of boats contesting was concerned, cannot be said to have 
been a success. It was a regular Regatta, and the prizes were 
two silver cups donated by Vice-Commodore J. B. Meer, one 
for sloops and the other for schooners. The race was 
announced for 10.30 o'clock, and when the signal was given 
for the start only two boats answered to the call, the sloops 
Undine and Shadow. The Adrienne was ready and willing 
to start in the schooner class, but could find no competitor, 
therefore her owner did not wish to sail her over the course * 
and secure the cup without at least a semblance of a race 
with some other yacht of her own class. 

A fine westerly breeze was blowing when the signal was 
given to start, and the Undine and the Shadow crossed the 
line about even. The course sailed was a distance of twenty- 
five miles. The following is a summary: — 



SAILING. 


CORRECT. 


h. m. s. 


h. m. s. 


4 8 30 


3 9 50 


3 55 


3 17 50 



Shadow, 
Undine, 

The Club lost by death Mr. Dexter S. Stone, one of the 
Charter members and at one time its Measurer, on which 



102 A HISTORY OF THE 

occasion resolutions of sympathy were entered in the Club 
journal, and a copy of the same sent his widow, who, in a 
letter of thanks, gave the Club as a testimonial of her late 
husband, a complete set of "Hunt's Magazine." The entire 
list of oflBcers were re-elected for 1888. The Puritan Canoe 
Club leased from the Club the work-shops and their part of 
the Piercfe premises. A Club dinner was proposed at this 
meeting, it being the first of this class of entertainments 
indulged in by this Club for several years. A list of members 
who had resigned, and those discharged, was ordered printed 
in such form that it could be inserted in the Club-book. 

The subject of an Open Regatta was discussed at the 
meeting held May 23, when it was decided that this class of 
races was both expensive and undesirable, while the strictly 
Club Regatta was anything but exciting or interesting. The 
question, then, as to whether a regatta, under the existing 
low state of the Club treasury, was necessary, was left with 
the Regatta Committee, who decided to dispense with a regatta 
for the season, which action was continued up to the year of 
closing this history. An invitation was received from the 
Portland Yacht Club to attend their regatta, but was declined. 
It was next ordered that the roadway between the entrance 
on Sixth Street and the wharf, which was in a very bad con- 
dition, should be put in order. Appropriate resolution was 
then passed on the death of Vice-Commodore John B. Meer. 
The Club was invited, by the New York Committee on the 
Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Wash- 
ington as President of the United States, to participate in the 
festivities, but the invitation was declined. The change in 
the Board of Officers for 1889 was as follows: Commodore, 
W. H. L. Smith; Vice-Commodore, William P. Fowle ; Rear- 
Commodore, Nathaniel G. Herreshoff ; Mr. Jefferson Borden in 
the Regatta Committee ; and Mr. L. S. Jordan in the Member- 
ship Committee. A new design for a Life Member Certificate 
was accepted April 24. This consisted of a very handsome 
engraving, finely printed on plate paper. The meeting of 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 10$ 

May 13 was held at the residence of Commodore Smith, 40 
Mill Street, Harrison Square, when an amendment was made 
to Article XIII of the Constitution, referring to voting by 
proxy, which power should be written within three months 
prior to the meeting at which such vote should be given. An 
amendment was also made to Article XIV of the Constitu- 
tion, regarding the re-instating of a member after his discharge 
or resignation. Five hundred dollars was then appropriated 
for the purpose of building float stages, and yachting accommo- 
dations at the Club House. Mr. L. S. Jordan was appointed 
Flag Officer for the season ; and the House Committee was 
requested to provide Rules and Regulations to govern the 
letting of Club property. A copy of the memorial proceed- 
ings was received from the Corinthian Club of New York on 
the occasion of the loss of W. A. W. Stewart and C. Smith 
Lee, of the yawl Cythera. Eugene A. Pope acted as Secretary 
of the meeting held October 30. A special meeting was called 
January 9, 1 890, to take appropriate action on the memory of 
Commodore W. H. L. Smith, whose death was announced a 
feWgdays previous. A Committee, consisting of ex-Commodore 
Russ, Secretary Dean, and Mr. E. Denton, drew up the follow- 
ing resolutions : — 

Resolved, That the members of the Boston Yacht Club 
desire to place on record their deep sense of the loss which 
they have experienced in the decease of their Commodore, W. 
H. L. Smith. 

Resolved, That the Club has special reasons to mourn his 
departure, as he was one of the earliest promoters. And 
among the generous deeds of his active and useful life, the 
liberality and public spirit which he displayed in his prompt 
assistance to the Club by the advancement of the sum necessary 
to erect its Club House, will always be remembered while any 
of his associates remain. 

Resolved, That, while for more than twenty years of active 
association with us, his zeal, his wisdom, and his judgment 
have contributed to our prosperity, our hearts are deeply 
touched by the information that in his last hours he thought 



I04 A HISTORY OF THE 

even of us, and with us, and with his hopes of life were mingled 
plans for the future success of the institution he had labored 
to build and establish. 

The change in the board of officers for 1890 was : Com- 
modore, Augustus Russ ; Vice-Commodore, John A. Stetson ; 
Regatta Committee, W. H. Wilkinson ; and Alfred Mitchell, 
on the Membership Committee. It was then voted that 1B500 
be paid annually on account of the mortgage, the same to con- 
stitute a part of the Permanent Fund. After which action a 
Committee was appointed to convey to ex-Commodore Dean 
the good wishes of the Club, and their regret that his illness 
prevented his being present at their meeting. 

A large part of the premises of the Club was taken by the 
City of Boston to extend the South Boston Park. In conse- 
quence of which Mr. A. Russ prepared a petition for a jury 
to fix the damages due the Club on account of the action of 
the Park Commissioners. The old board of officers was 
re-elected for 1891. 

Thus ends the first twenty-five years of the history of 
the first Yacht Club in New England. In this quarter of a 
century of activity Boston has taken the first rank in yacht- 
ing matters, forged ahead of all other cities in the Union. 
This is mainly because the designers have constructed their 
craft on purely mathematical principles, and men of capital 
with a love for this manly and invigorating pastime have not 
been backward in expending large sums of money to encour- 
age this science. Whatever reputation Boston has attained 
in yachting she has fairly and squarely earned. The three 
successive defenders of the America's Cup — Puritan, May- 
flower, and Volunteer — are products of Boston's brains, and as 
long as the old Puritan town is relied upon to defend this Cup, 
she will not disappoint those who place their dependence 
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Charles S. Eaton, 
John Evans, 
Joseph S. Fay, Jr., 
Fred L. Felton, 
A. C. Fernald, 
W. H. Forbes, 
William P. Fowle, 
John L. Fowler, 
A. Freeman, 
Josiah B. French, 
S. Lawrence French, 
C. E. Fuller, 

C. W. Galloupe, 
William Gaston, 
Jay Gould, 
David Hall, 

D. Almy Hall, 
W. F. Halsell, 
Augustus Hemenway, 
J. E. Herman, 

N. G. Herreshoff, 

F. C. Hersey, 
Sumner Hollingworth, 

G. Ripley Howe, 
Charles L. James. 
Bernard Jenney, 
C. W. James, 

L. S. Jordan, 
William W. Kellett, 
Frank A. Kennedy, 
Henry W. Lamb, 



219 Washington Street, Boston. 

Huntington Avenue, Boston. 

28 State Street, Boston. 

17 Broad Street, Boston. 

City Hall, Boston. 

181 Devonshire Street, Boston. 

1 1 Commercial Street, Bo.ston. 

P. O. box 636, Providence, R. I. 

34 Central Street, Boston. 

Lowell. 

53 Devonshire Street, Boston. 

I State Street, Boston. 

28 State Street, Boston. 

28 School Street, Boston. 

New York City. X. Y. 

30 School Street, Boston. 

231 Washington Street, Boston. 

174 Tremont Street, Boston. 

23 Court Street, Boston. 

New Bedford, 

Bristol, R. I. 

W. 2d., cor. E. Street, South Boston. 

36 Federal Street, Boston. 

107 Milk Street, Boston. 

4 Liberty Square, Boston. 

525 E. Broadway, South Boston. 

73 South Street, Boston. 

60 State Street, Boston. 

273 Purchase St., Boston. 

Cambridge. 

Care Lamb & Ritchie, Cambridge. 



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IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, 
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BETWEEN STATE STREET AND DOCK SQUARE, 



BOSTON, - - - MASS. 



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Charles B. Lancaster, 
George Lawley, 
George F. Lawley, 

D. J. Lawlor, 
W. L. Lockhart, 
Augustus Lothrop, 
T. O. Loveland, 

E. F. Lucas, 
Richard F. Loring, 
Thomas Manning, 
Thomas Manning, 
James Mclntire, 
Frank B. McOuesten, 
W. B. Merrill, 
Moody Merrill, 

J. Alfred MitcheU, 
Johnson B. Moody, 
Albert W. Nickerson, 
Sereno D. Nickerson, 
Charles W. Norton, 
James Notman, 
Aaron P. Ordway, 
E. M. Padelford, 
Francis E. Park, 
Charles A. Parker, 
Frank E. Peabody, 
Charles Pfaff, 
Jacob PfafiF, 
J. P. Phmney, 
Leonard H. Phillips, 
Henry L. Pierce, 



294 Devonshire St., Boston- 
City Point, South Boston. 
City Point, South Boston. 
35 Wahiut St., Chelsea. 
199 Bridge St., Cambridgeport. 
21 Federal St., Boston. 
196 ^Marlboro Street, Boston. 
Fall Riv^er. 
Braintree. 

6 Ohver Street, Boston. 
45 Beaver St, New York Cit>% N.Y. 
844 Broad Street, South Boston. 
1 70 Border Street, East Boston. 
104 Water Street, Boston. 
27 Pemberton Square, Boston. 
City Hall, Boston. 
16 Greenwich Park, Boston. 
85 Milk Street, Boston, 
^lasonic Temple, Boston. 
P. O- box 2578, Boston. 
99 Boylston Street, Boston. 
30 Hanover Street, Boston. 
Baltimore Club, Baltimore, Md. 
922 East Broadway, South Boston. 
63 Federal Street, Boston. 
1 1 3 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
183 Congress Street, Boston. 
16 Arch Street, Boston. 
770 East Fourth Street, S. Boston, 
161 Pearl Street, Boston. 
200 State Street, Boston. 



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James W. Price, 

E. A. Pope, 
Fred Pope, 
Asa P. Potter, 

F. O. Prince, 
Charles T. Pulsifer, 
Alex. H. Rice, 
Isaac B. Rich, 

J. J. Richards, 
George L. Roberts, 
S. H. Roper, 
William H. Ruddick, 
Augustus Russ, 
Charles E. Russ, 
Odin B. Roberts, 
S. H. Sanborn, 
Daniel Sargent, 
David Sears, 
George O. Sears, 
J. O. Shaw, 
Luther D. Shepard, 
Winchester D. Smith, 
J. J. Souther, 
J. K. Souther, 
J. B. Smith, 
N. L. Stebbins, 
Benjamin F. Stevens, 
John A. Stetson, 
Almon L. Smith, 
Jabez H. Sears, 
Wellington F. Smart, 



126 Milk Street, Boston. 
9 Tremont Street, Boston. 
209 Washington Street, Boston. 
40 Water Street, Boston. 
54 Devonshire Street, Boston. 
183 Congress Street, Boston. 
91 Federal Street, Boston. 
9 Bosworth Street, Boston. 
24 Kingston Street, Boston. 
95 Milk Street, Boston. 
299 Eustis Street, Boston. 
502 Broadway, South Boston. 
20 Pemberton Square, Boston. 
126 Milk Street, Boston. 

I Mt. Vernon Street, Boston. 
150 Congress Street, Boston. 
27 State Street, Boston. 

S6 Beacon Street, Boston. 

6 Oliver Street, Boston. 

22 State Street, Boston. 

100 Boylston Street, Boston. 

10 Milk Street, Boston. 

84 G Street, South Boston. 

84 G Street, South Boston. 

New Bedford. 

521 Washington Street, Boston. 

Sy Milk Street, Boston. 

507 E. Broadway, South Boston. 

I I Essex Street, Boston. 
Newtonville. 

192 Devonshire Street, Boston. 



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Consolidated Fireworks Co., 

OK ANIERICA. 
104 and 106 Pearl Street, - - Boston, Mass. 





LARGEST MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF 

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Selected ExMbltion Goods of beautiful effects for Public and Private Displays. 

We produce all the possible kinds, and a greater variety of the most beautiful 
effects in Fireworks, than all other manufacturers. 

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E. H. Tarbell, 

George W. Taylor, 

Charles H. Taylor, 

Charles B. Tower, 

George Warren Tower, 

B. L. M. Tower, 

Adam Tindel, 

Harry B. Torrey, 
Greenleaf R. Tucker, 

Benjamin Vaughan, 

Nathaniel Wales, 

Thomas A. Watson, 

Francis C. Welch, 

Charles A. Welch, Jr., 

William L. Wellman, 

Frank W. Weston, 

R. H. White, 

W. F. Whitney, 

R. S. Whitney, 

W. H. Wilkinson, 

David W. Williams, 

George A. Wilson, 

Charles Levi Woodbury, 

John Wooldredge, 

Albert J. Wright, 

R. M. Yale, 



1 1 1 Washington Street. 

8 Oliver Street, Boston. 

Bostofi Globe, Boston. 

Cambridge. 

604 E. Fourth Street, South Boston. 

40 Water Street, Boston. 
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Philadelphia, Pa. 

118 Portland Street, Boston. 
City Hospital, Boston. 

42 India Street, Boston. 

202 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. 

Weymouth. 

5 Tremont Street, Boston. 

47 M Street, South Boston. 

18 Post Office Square, Boston. 

Savin Hill, Dorchester. 

5 1 8 Washington Street, Boston. 

228 Marlboro Street, Boston. 

71 Devonshire Street, Boston. 

184 Washington Street, Boston. 

42 Court Street, Boston. 

Brighton. 

28 State Street, Boston. 
Sears Building, Boston. 

18 Post Office Square, Boston. 

29 South Market Street, Boston. 



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Business Established 1851 



Incorporated 1854. 



AMERICAN STEAM GAUGE CO., 



-SOLE MANTJFACTURERS OF- 



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* ALSO, MANUFACTURERS OF * 

AlElilCllN POP SAFEiy MVE. 

The only Automatic, Self-Adjusting Safety Valve ever produced, 
for Locomotive, Stationary, Marine, and Portable Boilers. It does 
not infringe on the patents of any Valve made. We guarantee par- 
ties buying or using them protection against all suits. 

Accepted for appplication to all Marine Boilers by the Board of 
Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, and approved by the Secre- 
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Approved and its adoption recommended on U. S. Naval Vessels, 
April 1, 1885, by U. S. Board of Examiners. 

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We can refer to the following vessels and yachts: — Careie Phillips, Allen H. Jones, and 
other T wharf vessels; Schooner Kittie, Sloop Nellie, and other yachts. 

Loft 296 State Street, cor. Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 

LEWIS WHARK TOW BOATS. 




Office: 105 Commercial St., and Pier 2, Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass. 

Nath'L p. Doane, Agent. 
Vessels Towed in and about the Harbor and to all Neighboring Ports. 



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ROBERT MILLER & CQ., 

230 STATE STREET, - - . BOSTON, MASS. 

Said and ^wnlpif llaciMfa©tMir@p§e 

FENDERS, BOAT SAILS, 

LIFE PRESERVERS, 
STORM COVERS, 

SUN COVERS, 
FLAGS, ENSIGNS, 

SIGNALS, 
FANCY FLIES, 

YAOHT AWNINGS. 

Every Description of Yacht Work in Flrst-Class Style. 

CUSHIONS FOR YACHTS, Etc., MADE TO ORDER. 

AWNINGS FOR STORES AND RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY. 

WEDDING CANOPIES AND TENTS TO LET. 





GEO. F. LAWLEY, Pees. 



THOMAS HIBBARD, Treas.. 




GEORGE LAWLEY & SON CORPORAT 



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SO. BOSTON. 



Marine RAILWAY AND BASIN. STORAGE. HAULING UP. REPAIRING. 



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C. A. PERKINS, 

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TRANSOM AND SOFA CUSHIONS. BERTH MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS, 

SOFA AND BERTH PILLOWS, PORTIERES, POLES, ETC, 

BEVELLED MIRRORS AND FRAMES, 

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AWNINGS AND FLAGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



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UPHOLSTERERS AfiD INTERIOR DEC0R/\T0ff6, 

701 TREMONr, ST. - - BOSTON. 



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GEORGE LAtEY & SON CORPORATION 



-BUILDERS OF- 




Steel, Wood 
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CITY P01NX SQ. BesreN. 

MARINE RAILWAY AND BASIN. STORAGE. HAULING UP. REPAIRING, 

^ « BUILDERS OF :^ * 

Puritan, Mayflower, Saohem, Pappoose. Gundred, GossooOi 

Merlin, Princess, Thelma, Alga, Helvetia, Babboon, 

Marguerite, Janira, Chiquita, Saracen, Owenah Mineola, 

Milicete, Nashawena. 

JAMES H. PAINE & SON, 



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Sole Makers of the PAINE PROPELLER WHEEL, 

A Superior Speed \V heel, made in Iron or Bronze ; also, Towing Wheels. Con- 
densers, Heaters, Pumps, Propeller Shafts, Bearings, etc. 

STEAM YACHTS AND LAUNCHES CONTRACTED FOR COMPLETE. 

CORBESPONDENCB SOLICITSD. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 

36 CHARLESTOWN ST., . BOSTON, MASS. 



• • • /n. GARBEE & GO. • • • 

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162 COMMERCIAL STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 

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-• THE CELzEBRATED •- 

M-iUjustiii;, M'hh, MM M-lii^ 7aclit Slocks, 

Which are the easiest working as well as the most 
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rolls. 





Pat. Span Block 
on Gaff. 



Improved Halliard 
Leader on Deck, 




OUR Improved Span Blocks on 
Gaff are the neatest and 
snuggest attachment in the market 
which allows the halliards to be 
taken out of the block and the sail 
made snuo* on the boom, thus doino- 
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MARINE INSURANCE CO. (Limited), of London. 

WILLIAM A. COUTHOUY, Agent. 

46 CENTRAL, COR. BROAD STREET, BOSTON. 

NEW YORK OFFICE, 77 BEAVER STREET. 

Fire and ^Varine In^arance. 



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amount, to and from all parts of the world, at fair rates. 



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MARINE. 



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FIRE. 



We are Headquarters for Vapor Stoves ! 

FOR YACHTS AND FAMILY USE. 

Our ADVANCE VAPOR STOVES are specially suited for 
YACHTS as they have no hig-li tanks. The burners can be 

easily varied from a low 
to a very high flame of 
great power. 

Tlie Jewel Picnic Stoves 

are also great favorites with 
YACHTSMEN. They are free 
from the objections 
of the Kerosene Oil 
stove and far supe- 
rior, there being no 
oil to slop around, 
and give no smoke or 
smell. Cooking ig 
possible under head- 

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We are general New England Agents for the 

JEWEL VAPOR STOVES AND STOVE FURNITURE. 

There is nothing equal to them for Summer and Beach Houses. Save time and labor, and 
keep the house cool. THAYER'S AUTOMATIC CAN should be used by all, for fiUing 
Vapor Stoves. Gasoline for use in stoves, at lowest rates. 

Boston /afett YflroR 5toye Co., 

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ADVERTITEMENTS. 1 33 

Suffolk: Truist Co., 

Exchange Building. 

Acts as Transfer Agents, Registrar and Trustee under 

Mortgages. Collects Coupons and Dividends 

free of charge for Depositors. 

Accounts of firms, individuals and corporations solicited; 2 1-2 PER 
CKXT. INTEREST allowed on daily balances. 

LEGAL DEPOSITORY FOK TRUST FUNDS. 

SAKE DEPOSIT VAULTS. 

W. A. CLARK, Jr., Pres. Absolutely Fire and Burglar Proof. 

"W. A. McCRILUTS, Treas. Boxes $10 and upward per annum. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

Hon. JOHN HASKELL BUTLER, Counsellor at Law, Boston. 
Hon. H. J. BOARDMAN, Counsellor at Law, Boston. 

Hon. J. F. CHAMBERLIN, Stafford Springs, Conn. 

SALMON P. HIBBARD, of Fowle, Hibbard & Co., Boston. 

Hon. frank W. HOWE, of Gray & Howe, Boston. 
Br HENRY M. MOORE, of Moore, Smith & Co., Boston. 

^ ' W. N. POTTER, late of Silas Potter & Co., Boston. 

FRED. E. WELLS, of Wells & Coverly, Troy, N. T. 
COUNSEL: W. A. CLARK, Jr., President. 

Hon, JOHN HASKELL BUTLER. 

T. F. <& W. W. TAFF, 

Importers of and Dealers in 

GINS, BRANDIES & WINES, 

CORDIALS AND CIGARS. 

Direct Receiver^ of ISentctCl^^ R^e and 
^oarbon Wl)i§l5ies. 

157, 157 1-2 and 159 Blackstone Street, 

BOSTON, IVIASS. 



LIFE OR DEATH. 



WHAT TO DO WHEN CAST ASHORE. 

In case of shipwreck, the following instructions, furnished 
by the Life Saving Service, should be followed : — 

If the use of a boat is practicable, either the large life- 
boat is launched from the Life Saving Station and proceeds to 
the wreck by water, or the lighter surf-boat is hauled over- 
land to a point opposite the wreck and launched, as circum- 
stances require. 

Upon the boat reaching your vessel, the direction and 
orders of the Keeper of the Station (who always commands 
and steers the boat) should be implicitly obeyed. The 
Captain of the vessel should be the last to leave the ship, and 
see that rushing and crowding is prevented. It is needless 
to say that women, children, helpless persons, and passengers, 
or guests, should be first attended to, while no goods or bag- 
gage will be taken by the life-savers until all are landed. 
Remember the Keeper has full authority, and will throw over- 
board anything passed aboard the life-boat against his 
remonstrances. 

Should the use of the life-boat be found inexpedient, 
resource will be had to the beach apparatus and wreck guns 
for rescue by the breeches-buoy or life-car. A shot, with 
a small line attached, will be fired across your vessel, so that 
a close watch should be kept for this line. When you have 
it, haul on board until a tail block reaches you. This block 
has a whip or endless line rove through it. As the greatest 
haste is necessary to prevent the whip from fouling with any 
obstacle, you will, when driven into the rigging, where but one 



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136 LIFE OR DEATH. 

or two men can work to advantage, cut the shot-line, and run 
it through some available block which will afford a clear lead, 
even if between the ratlins, so that as many as possible may- 
assist in hauling. The tally-board attached to this tail-block 
will have printed in English on one side, and in French on the 
other, the following : — 

" Make the tail of the block fast to the lower mast, well 
up ; if the masts are gone, then to the best place you can find. 
Cast off shot-line ; see that the rope in the block runs free, 
and show signal to the shore." 

The life-crew will then haul out a hawser, at the end of 
which will be attached another tally-board, printed as above, 
with the following directions : — 

'' Make the hawser fast about two feet above the tail-block, 
see all clear, and that the rope in the block runs free, and show 
signal to the shore." 

The utmost care should be given to the arrangement of 
the hawser and whip-line, so that no turns of the latter will be 
round the former. To be positive that this is not the case, take 
the end of the hawser up between the parts of the whip before 
making it fast. This done, and the hawser made secure, and 
the whip cast off from the hawser, the signal is given to the 
crew on the shore, who, when this is observed, will haul the 
hawser taut, and by means of the whip will haul off to your 
ship the breeches-buoy, suspended from a traveler-block, or a 
life-car, from rings running on the hawser. 

Say the breeches-buoy is received, let one man immedi- 
ately get into it, thrusting his legs through the breeches, 
although two men can be landed at the same time, by each 
putting a leg through a leg of the breeches ; but should the 
life-car be sent, remove the hatch, place as many persons as it 
will hold, and secure the hatch on the outside by the hatch-bar 
and hook, give your *' all right " signal, and the precious cargo 
will be hauled ashore. This operation will be repeated until 
all are landed. On the last trip of the life-car the hatch must 
be secured by the inside hatch-bar. When children are brought 



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138 LIFE OR DEATH. 

ashore by the buoy they should be securely lashed, or held in 
the arms of older persons. 

When the current is too strong, or the danger of the 
immediate breaking up of the wreck is apparent, rendering 
the dispatch of a hawser impossible, the buoy, or car, will be 
hauled off by the whip, or sent off to you by the shot-line, and 
you will be hauled ashore through the serf. 

IMPORTANT POINTS REGARDING THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. 

Life-saving stations, life-boat stations, and houses of 
refuge are located upon the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards of 
the United, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Lake Coasts. Sta- 
tions on the Atlantic coast, from the eastern extremity of the 
State of Maine to Cape Fear, North Carolina, are manned 
annually by crews of experienced serf-men, from the first of 
September to the first of May following ; while upon the Lake 
coasts, the stations are manned from the opening until the close 
of navigation ; and upon the Pacific coasts they are manned 
the entire year, with the exception of Near Bay, Cape Arago, 
and Bolivar Bay, which depend upon volunteer efforts from 
the neighboring people. Houses of refuge are not manned 
with crew, except a keeper, but are supplied with boats, provi- 
sions, restoratives, etc. 

Most of the stations are provided with the International 
Code of Signals, and vessels can, by opening communication, 
be reported, or obtain the latitude or longitude of the station, 
etc.; or if crippled, or disabled, a steam-tug or revenue cutter 
may be telegraphed for, when such facilities exist, to the nearest 
port, if requested. 

Do not forget, that although the services of the heroes 
who make up the life-saving crews are paid for by the Govern- 
ment, yet in view of the meagemess of their pay, they are 
not forbidden to receive such rewards for labor and risks 
incurred at wrecks as owners or other persons may see fit to 
bestow upon them. They are strictly forbidden to solicit such 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



139 



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140 LIFE OR DEATH. 

rewards, but few people will allow these poor fellows to go 
unrewarded for snatching them from the jaws of death. 

The Station-crews patrol the beach from two to four miles 
each side of their Station four times between sunset and sun- 
rise, and if the weather is foggy the patrol is continued 
through the day. Each patrolman carries Coston signals, 
one of which he ignites upon the discovery of a vessel stand- 
ing into danger, to warn her off. This signal emits a brilliant 
red flame of about two minutes' duration. Should the vessel 
be ashore, this light is a signal to the crew that they are dis- 
covered and assistance at hand. It may happen that the 
patrol is some distance away on the other end of his beat, 
therefore does not see you ; in which case, immediately after 
striking, flare-up lights should be burned or rockets sent up. 
Should the weather be foggy, guns should be fired. A word 
of advice in this terrible position. If you are ashore in the 
neighborhood of a Station, or on the sandy coast where the 
danger of vessels breaking up immediately is not imminent, 
remain on board until assistance arrives, and do not above any 
and all circumstances attempt to land through the surf in your 
own boats until the last hope of assistance from the shore has 
vanished, as often, when comparatively smooth at sea, a 
dangerous surf is running, which is not perceptible four hun- 
dred yards off shore. Many a life has been sacrificed by this 
hasty step. The difliculties of rescue by operation from the 
shore are greatly increased in cases where the anchors are let 
go after entering the breakers, as is frequently done, and the 
chances of saving life correspondingly lessened. 



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Laws Regarding Yachting, 



The " Revised International Rules and Regulations for 
Preventing Collisions at Sea," made by Act of March 3, 1885, 
should be followed by every mariner. For the convenience 
of yacht owners we 'give a few abstracts from the Statutes 
which refer more particularly to them. 

STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS. 

Article i. Every steamship which is under sail and not 
under steam is to be considered a sailing ship ; and every 
steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, 
is to be considered a ship under steam. 

lights for sailing vessels. 

Article 6. A sailing ship under way, or being towed, 
shall carry the same lights as are provided for a steamship 
under way, with the exception of the white light, which she 
shall never carry. 

LIGHTS FOR SMALL VESSELS. 

Article 7. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels 
during bad weather, the green and red side-lights cannot be 
fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck on their respective 
sides of the vessel, ready for use, and shall, on the approach 
of, or to, other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides 
in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to 
make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not 
be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard 
side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



143 



ANDREW MILLS, 

Flag Manufacturer.® 

KlvAGS OK ALI. NATIOISrS, 

ALL SIZES IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER. 




FLAG POLES, 



Ensigns, Jacks, Burgees, House Flags, Private and Code Signals, Etc. 
YAGHT SAII2S A SPEeiAhTY. 



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NEW YORK 



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<5^ LOUIS P. HAGER,-^^ 



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12 PEARIv STREET, 



BOSTON. 



144 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

and easy, the lanterns crontaining them shall each be painted 
outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, 
and shall be provided with proper screens. 

LIGHTS WHILE AT ANCHOR. 

Article 8. When at anchor, a ship, whether a steamship 
or sailing ship, shall carry where it can be best seen, but at 
a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white 
light in a globular lantern, of not less than eight inches in 
diameter and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and 
unbroken light, visible all around the horizon at a distance of 
at least one mile. 

LIGHTS FOR OPEN BOATS AND FISHING VESSELS. 

Article io. Open boats and fishing vessels of less than 
twenty tons not registered tonnage, when under way and 
when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines, in the 
water, shall not be obliged to carry the colored side-light ; 
but every such boat or vessel shall, in lieu thereof, have ready 
at hand a lantern with green glass on the one side and a red 
glass on the other side, and on approaching to or being 
approached by another vessel such lantern shall be exhibited in 
sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall 
not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard 
side. 

vessels being overtaken. 

Article ii. A ship which is being overtaken by another 
shall show from her stern, to such last mentioned ship, a white 
light or a flare-up light. 

SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG. 

Article 12. Every sailing ship shall be provided with 
an efficient fog-horn to be sounded by bellows or other mechan- 
ical means, and also with an efficient bell. In fog, mist, or 



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145 



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146 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

falling snow, whether by day or night, the fog-horn is to be 
used by a sailing ship under way, to make, at intervals of not 
more than two minutes, when on the starboard tack, one 
blast ; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession ; and 
when the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession. 
When not under way, at intervals of not more than two min- 
utes, ring the bell. 

SPEED OF SHIP IN FOG. 

Article 13. Every ship, whether a sailing ship or steam 
ship, shall in fog, mist, or falling snow, go at a moderate 
speed. 

STEERING AND SAILING RULES FOR SAILING VESSELS, 

Article 14. When two sailing ships are approaching 
one another so as to involve risk of collision, one of them 
shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, namely : — 

(a) A ship which is running free shall keep out of the 
way of a ship which is close-hauled. 

{b) A ship which is close-hauled on the port tack, shall 
keep out of the way of a ship which is close-hauled on the 
starboard tack. 

[c) When both are running free, with the wind on differ- 
ent sides, the ship which has the wind on the port side shall 
keep out of the way of the other. 

{d) When both are running free, with the wind on the 
same side, the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the 
way of the ship which is to leeward. 

(e) A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out of the 
way of the other ship. 

VESSEL overtaking ANOTHER. 

Article 20. Every ship, whether a sailing ship or a 
steamship, overtaking any other, shall keep out of the way of 
the overtaken ship. 



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148 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

RIGHT OF WAY. 

Article 22. When, by the above rules, one of the two 
ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her 
course. 

NO SHIP TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTION. 

Article 24. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any 
ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the con- 
sequence of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any 
neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any 
precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of 
seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case. 

DISTRESS SIGNALS. 

Article 27. When a ship is in distress and requires 
assistance from other ships or from the shore, the following 
shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either 
together or separately. 

In the day-time : — 

First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. 

Second. The international code signal of distress indi- 
cated by N. C. 

Third. The distant signal, consisting of a square flag, 
having either above or below it a ball, or anything resembling 
a ball. 

At night : — 

First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. 

Secofid. Flames on the ship (as from a burning tar-barrel, 
etc.). 

Third. Rockets or shells, throwing stars of any color or 
description, fired one at a time at short intervals. 

We will mention in connection with these rules that a 
special law governs the western rivers, seas, gulfs, lakes, bays, 
sounds, and there are distinct and separate rules governing 
those rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico and their tribu- 



LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 1 49 

taries. The line dividing jurisdiction between the pilot rules 
on western rivers and lakes and seaboard at New Orleans shall 
be the lower limits of the city. 

NO ALIEN CAN LEGALLY CAPTAIN AN AMERICAN PLEASURE 

CRAFT. IMPORTATIONS OF STEAM YACHTS. LICENSES 

AND DUTIES. * 

S^Frovi The Boston Herald.'\ 

Owing to the many recent disputes and arguments con- 
cerning the registering of yachts under the American flag, the 
purchasing of foreign yachts by Americans, the sailing of 
American vessels or yachts by alien masters, and other points 
covered by these laws, a strong tendency to investigate and 
get posted in regard to them, seems to have taken possession 
of a number of gentlemen prominent in yachting circles. For 
the benefit of yachtsmen, the following questions, put to the 
United States authorities, and the answers, with the law relat- 
ing to each as found in the Regulations of Commerce and 
Navigation at the Clearing Office of the Boston Custom House, 
are given. 

1. Can a person who has not declared his intentions become 
master of an American yacht .'* 

2. Can a yacht built without the country be registered 
under the American flag } 

3. If a foreign yacht is purchased by an American, is any 
duty exacted } 

4. What is the law of 1883 regarding the registering of 
yachts } 

5. What is the rule, as it now stands, regarding the j^lac- 
ing of names on bow and stern } 

6. What are the duties on sails and wire rigging } 

The answer to question i is, No. 

The law governing the same is found in Section 41 31 of 
the Regulations of Commerce and Navigation, under the rules 
relating to registering and recording, and is as follows : — 



150 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

Section 41 31. Vessels registered pursuant to law, and 
no others, except such as shall be duty qualified according to 
law for carrying on the coasting trade and fisheries, or one of 
them, shall be deemed vessels of the United States, and entitled 
to the benefits and privileges appertaining to such vessels, but 
they shall not enjoy the same longer than they shall continue 
to be wholly owned by citizens of the United States ; and 
officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases be 
citizens of the United States. 

The question as to a person who has taken out his first 
papers has not been passed upon. This section refers to all 
documented vessels, whether they be for pleasure or trade. In 
another section is found : — 

" All the officers of a vessel of the United States must 
be citizens of the United States. The penalty is 50 cents per 
ton on the entry of the vessel from any foreign port or place." 

The answer to question 2 is found in Section 4136, and is 
as follows : — 

" The Secretary of the Treasury may issue a register or 
enrollment for any vessel built in a foreign country, whenever 
such vessel shall be wrecked in the United States, and shall be 
purchased and repaired by a citizen of the United States, if it 
shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
repairs put upon such vessel are equal to three-fourths of the 
cost of the vessel when so repaired." 

No law could be found bearing on question 3 which clearly 
answered it, so it will be necessary to quote a decision rendered 
by the Treasury Department in August, 1888, in reference to 
the importation of a steam vessel named Geneva, from Canada. 

The letter is directed to the Collector of Customs, Port 
Vincent, N. Y., and is as follows: — 

Sir : — The department is in receipt of your letter of the 
27th ultimo y reporting on the appeal of Mr. M. H. Folger from 
your decision assessing duty on a Canadian steam vessel called 



LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. I5I 

Geneva, imported into your port in June last, the appellant 
alleging that under the terms of the special Act of March 
13 1879, which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to 
give an American registry to said vessel, no duties accured 
thereon. 

The appellant also protests, if the claim is not wholly 
allowed against the exaction of duty on the machinery contained 
in the said vessel, which he claims to be of domestic manufac- 
ture, heretofore exported from the United States. 

The Act above mentioned prescribes that an American 
registry may be issued to the said vessel upon the payment 
into the treasury of the United States of the duties legally 
chargeable upon said vessel. 

Shortly after the passage of this Act, viz., on the 13th of 
March, 1879, ^^^ department addressed a communication to 
the then collector of customs at your port, in which he was noti- 
fied of the provision of said Act, and was instructed, upon the 
payment into the United States Treasury of the duties charge- 
able, to grant an American registry to the vessel. It appears, 
however, that the owners of the vessel failed to avail themselves 
of the privilege conferred by the Act until June last, having, it 
is understood, in the meantime, used the vessel under her for- 
eign papers as a ferryboat, but that at the period mentioned 
they made a regular importation of her, and requested the issu- 
ance of a registry in accordance with the terms of the Act, 
which request was subsequently granted by you upon the pay- 
ment of the duties complained of. The vessel being an impor- 
tation into the United States is, under the existing tariff Acts 
and the specified provision of the Act above mentioned, as well 
as the rulings of the department in somewhat similar cases, 
liable to duty, and your decision is hereby affirmed. 

In regard to the machinery it may be stated that, inasmuch 
as it was exported as iron machinery and is now imported as a 
part of the vessel, it has thereby lost its identity as a separate 
commodity, and the claim for its free entry cannot be allowed, 
the existing statute only exempting domestic manufactures 
from the payment of duty when they are returned in the same 
condition as exported. 

The duty imposed in cases of this character is in accord- 
ance with the value of the vessel as regards the material of 
which she is built. If she be of wood, a duty of 35 per cent. 



152 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

would be charged, and if of iron or steel, the duty would be 
45 per cent. 

As to question 4, the law of 1883, embodied in an Act 
passed by Congress in March of that year, which annuls Sec- 
tion 4214 of the Revised Statutes, relating to yachts, is as 
follows : — 

" The attention of collectors of customs is called to the 
Act herewith published regulating the issue of licenses to 
yachts : — 

" * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, 
that Section 4214 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
be amended so as to read as follows : — 

'''Section 4214. The Secretary of the Treasury may 
cause yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels, 
or designed as models of naval architecture, if built and owned 
in compliance w^ith the provisions of Sections 4133 to 4135, to 
be licensed on terms which will authorize them to proceed from 
port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign ports, 
without entering or clearing at the custom house ; such license 
shall be in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe. The owner of any such vessel, before taking out 
such license, shall give a bond in such form as the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall prescribe, conditioned that the vessel shall 
not engage in any trade, nor in any way violate the revenue 
laws of the United States, and shall comply with the laws in 
all other respects. 

" ' Such vessels, so enrolled and licensed, shall not be 
allowed to transport merchandise or carry passengers for pay. 

" ' Such vessels shall have their name and port placed on 
some conspicuous portion of their hulls. 

" ' Such vessels shall in all respects, except as above, be 
subject to the laws of the United States, and shall be liable to 
seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the provisions of 
this title. 

" ' Provided that all charges for license and inspection feCg 



LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. I 53 

for any pleasure vessel or yacht shall not exceed $5, and for 
admeasurement shall not exceed ten cents per ton.' " 

It will be seen that the Act repeals Section 4214 of the 
Revised Statutes by substituting therefor a section differing 
from that repealed in the following respects : For the words, 
'' If entitled to be enrolled as American vessels," it inserts the 
words, " If built and owned in compliance with the provisions 
of Sections 4133 to 4135. 

It limits by provision the amount of fees to be collected 
for the licejising and inspection of a pleasure vessel or yacht to 
§5, and restricts the fees for admeasurement of such pleasure 
vessel or yacht to an amount not exceeding ten cents per ton. 

The department has construed the repealed Section to be 
applicable only to yachts that were entitled to enrollment by 
virtue of Section 43 11, Revised Statutes, as being of twenty 
tons burden or more, and not applicable to vessels that could 
be documented only with licenses. 

This restriction is removed by the foregoing Act, and the 
sole conditions for licensing yachts and pleasure vessels speci- 
fied in the Act are that they shall have been built in the United 
States and shall be owned by American citizens. But, unless 
otherwise instructed, collectors will issue no licenses to yachts 
or pleasure vessels of a burden of less than five tons net, as 
ascertained after deduction of exempted spaces in accordance 
with the provisions of the Act of August 5, 1882. 

As to question 5, the following regulations are pre- 
scribed under the Act of February 21, 1891, embodying sub- 
stantially the recommendations of the international marine 
conference relating to the marking of names, home port, and 
draught on vessels : — 

'* On vessels called ' double enders ' the letters prescribed 
by the statute may be placed on the parts corresponding to bow 
and stern, and on vessels with sterns not affording sufficient 
space for letters they will be placed on the adjacent parts, in 
both cases so as to conform to the law as closely as possible, 



154 LAWS REGARDING YACHTING. 

and so that the home port shall be marked at one end of the 
vessel. 

*' Scows, barges, or other vessels 'scow built,' or with 
square bow, may have the name marked on the bow instead of 
the sides, where it would be speedily obliterated by chafing 
against other vessels, spiles, docks, etc. 

" If all the figures indicating the draught of registered 
vessels cannot be placed on the stern-post, they may be con- 
tinued upward on the adjacent part. 

" The letters may be painted, gilded or carved. If carved, 
block or metallic letters may be used, they must conform to the 
requirements of the statute, and be so painted or gilded as to 
be in a dark color on a light ground, or be in a light color on 
a dark ground. 

" Documented yachts are provided for by the Act of 
March 3, 1883, which requires that such vessels 'shall have 
the name and port placed on some conspicuous portion of their 
hulls.'" 

As to question 6, the duty on cotton-duck sails is 40 per 
cent. Wire rigging is not mentioned as a separate article in 
the tariff schedule, and no rate of duty is especially established 
for it. There is, however, a duty of one and one-fourth cents 
per pound on iron wire, and one cent per pound additional when 
the wire is imported in rope form, making the duty on iron-rope 
two and one-fourth cents per pound. The duty on steel-wire 
rope is three and one-fourth cents per pound. 



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THE PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF SAILING BOATS HAVING 

MORE THAN ONE SAIL. 

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the management of yachts. 

In making sail and getting under way, loose the sails and 
look to the sheets and halliards to set them all clear for ser- 
vice. Set the mainsail and have the jib all ready for hoisting. 
Heave away on the cable until the anchor is almost broken 
out, or until the cable is " up and down," then, by means of 
the rudder, if there be sufficient current, cast the boat-head 
toward the direction in which you wish to proceed ; weigh the 
anchor and run up the jib. If there be no tide to set upon 
the rudder, the jib must be set before the anchor is broken 
out, and the sheet trimmed flat aft, to cast her. For example, 
if it be desired to cast the boat on the starboard tack, trim 
do\sTi the starboard jib-sheet, and push the main-boom out 
over the port quarter ; then when the boat has a yard sheer, 
weigh the anchor, and when she has paid off sufficiently let 
go the starboard jib-sheet, and trim aft the port one ; haul in 
the main-sheet and sail your course. To get under way from 
moorings, the mainsail and jib may be set as before, and then 
the moorings slipped. 

SAILING TO WINDWARD. 

Sailing, beating, or turning to windward is one of the 
most interesting performances connected with the practice 
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158 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 

ing sundry zigzag courses is one which requires careful atten- 
tion, a watchful eye, and constant practice ; for although its 
rudiments may be learned in a short time, the art itself, which 
may be said to be the perfection of boat-sailing, can only be 
acquired from frequent practice and long experience. The 
principal thing to attend to is to watch the fore-leech or luff 
off the mainsail. The boat should be kept as close to the 
wind as she will point without shaking this part of the sail, 
which will always be the first to give warning of too close a 
luff. It sometimes happens that the wind is flarey and 
unsteady, blowing strong for some minutes, and immediately 
afterward becoming very light. On such occasions consider- 
able advantage may be obtained by noting the changes in the 
effect of the wind upon the luff of the mainsail, for the boat 
may be sailed a couple of points nearer at some times than at 
others, and then is the time for the expert sailor to wedge his 
way to windward. The greater the force of wind the closer a 
boat may be sailed, if in smooth waters ; and in match sailing 
a fine helmsman will watch the wind so narrowly that should 
the slightest variation occur he will be sure to gain some 
advantage by sailing his boat up to it with the greatest pre- 
cision, but never so high as to cause any shivering of the sails. 
In sailing to windward care should be taken to "keep her 
full," for a shaking sail is of no assistance to a boat. When 
beating to windward in a narrow channel it is well not to carry 
too much head-sail. As a general rule a boat will work to 
windward with a small jib better than with a large one, and 
considerable judgment is required to determine the proper size 
of a jib to carry. The effect of too large a jib is to cause the 
boat to sail to leeward, particularly when she has but little 
headway. 

TACKING. 

A boat is said to be "in stays " after the helm has been 
put down to tack her, and when the sails are shaking in the 
wind's eye, but as soon as the headsail has " paid her head 



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l60 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 

off," she is about and on the new tack. In squally weather to 
be in stays is a very critical position for a boat, for should the 
sail be taken aback by a squall, a capsize may readily result. 
We will suppose that the boat is sailing along on the star- 
board tack, carrying the main-boom over the port quarter, the 
port head-sheets trimmed aft and ''sailing close to the wind." 
When desiring to tack, sing out, '' Steady about !'' to warn the 
crew. Keep her a good full, and, when ready, press the tiller 
over gradually to port and bring her head into the wind's eye, 
calling out, ^^Hclins alee !'' as she comes to. The jib-boom 
should be in hand and flown at the order, " Let go the jib- 
boom I '' which should follow quickly the announcement of 
'' Helms aleey 

The main-boom is hauled flat aft and pushed towards the 
starboard quarter to help her around. The port jib-sheet 
should be trimmed down again as the boat gets head to wind, 
the order given being, ^^Trirn down the port jib-sheet ! '' This 
trims the sail flat by the same sheet that has just been flown, 
and causes the port side of the sail to be acted upon by the 
wind, and to assist in boxing her head off to starboard. 
When the wind fills the mainsail on the new tack, the com- 
mand ^^ Let draw !'' is given, at which the port jib-sheet is let 
go and the starboard sheet is trimmed aft for the new tack. 
Should the boat miss stays in a squall, the main-sheet must be 
slacked roundly, the peak lowered if possible, and the jib- 
sheet kept a-weather, after which if the squall heads her dan- 
gerously, let go the halliards to avoid a capsize. To steer a 
boat when she is going stern first through the water, the 
tiller must be put over in the same direction as that in which 
the boat's head is required to turn. In close-hauled sailing, 
an obstacle sometimes appears directly ahead which might 
compel a tack, but which if passed will allow of keeping away. 
In such a case, if the tide is favorable and brisk, resort may be 
had to a manoeuvre called a "half board." Bring the boat 
quickly head to wind and shake the sails, allowing her to shoot 
dead to windward, and then before headway is lost keep her 



SAILING DIRECTIONS. l6l 

away again until everything draws well, after which, if desired, 
the evolution may be again executed, each time gaining some- 
thing to windward. This manoeuvre is often invaluable in 
rounding marks when racing. 

SAILING FREE, OR REACHING. 

Reaching is sailing with a side wind. A boat may be said to 
be reaching when the wind is about abeam, and the sheets are 
eased off a bit so that the sails all draw in an effective manner. 
The sheets should always be trimmed to a nicety when sailing 
with the wind free, so that every inch of canvas will be doing 
its utmost by the boat. Should the boat be struck by a squall 
when reaching, she should be instantly luffed ; but if the squall 
be very sudden, or there is not sufficient sea room for luffing, 
the main-sheet should be roundly slacked, and if necessary the 
halliards should be let go. Balloon-jibs are of considerable 
service in reaching. 

RUNNING BEFORE THE WIND. 

Running before the wind requires very careful steering, 
especially in a strong wind or in squally weather, and is consid- 
ered the most perilous point of sailing, because of the risk of 
the mainsail suddenly gybing. A back stay should be fitted to 
support the masts when sailing in strong wind. When before 
the wind the main-sheet should be paid out, the running tackle 
set up to windward, and the main tack cast off (if the sail is 
not laced to the boom). A careful watch must be kept upon 
the sail, and attention paid to the direction of the wind ; for 
should the boom gybe suddenly when the sheet is all out, the 
mast is liable to be carried away, or the boat capsized. Should 
the sail show the slightest wavering to leeward, the helm should 
be promptly put down a bit so as to prevent a gybe. The per- 
son steering a boat should always give timely warning when the 
boom is coming over, as, if it swings across suddenly, it is apt 
to knock overboard any one who is not on the lookout. As 



l62 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 

Straight a course as possible should be steered. The jib will 
be of no use when directly before the wind unless boomed out. 
With a fresh and squally breeze it is well to lower the peak of 
the mainsail, or to trice up the main tack, either of which will 
greatly relieve the mast. A safe plan is to reef the mainsail 
and set a smaller jib. 

Should a squall strike the sails when before the wind, the 
boat may be eased by dropping the peak, or, if already down, 
lowering the mainsail and sailing her under a small jib. 

SCUDDING AMONG WAVES. 

Scudding before a strong wind and heavy sea is exceed- 
ingly dangerous, and many a boat has been lost in attempting 
to ''run away from the sea." The two principal dangers will 
arise from ''getting brought by the lee," and " broaching-to ; " 
the boat's head will be most likely to fall off to leeward, or 
rather her stern to be thrown to windward as a wave passes 
under her. But with equal peril she might have " broached-to ; " 
as the wave-crest lifted her bow, the boat's head would be 
turned toward the wind, and then if she is not expertly handled, 
she will get broadside on to the waves, and the next roller will 
inevitably swamp her. If the rig should be jib, mainsail, and 
mizzen, the latter should come in before the boat is put before 
the wind ; the lee jib-sheet should be belayed slack, and the 
weather one led aft. As the boat begins to fly-to, haul the 
weather jib-sheet flat and put the helm up. Frequently, how- 
ever, the helm is of little use under such circumstances, as the 
boat will be carried along on the back of a comber. In running 
through a surf an oar will be found much more effective for 
steering than a rudder. A small boat, if there be much wind 
or sea, should not be run dead before the wind, but with the 
wind a little on the quarter ; then, after running some distance, 
should be gybed over, and run with the wind on the other 
quarter, to make the destination. 



SAILING DIRECTIONS. 163 

REEFING. 

Reefing should generally be done in anticipation of a 
strong wind or heavy sea ; it should always be begun in trim, 
and carefully yet smartly performed, for moments lost in fair 
weather are difficult to gain in foul. 

When about to reef, luff the boat up, but not so high as to 
allow her to come about. Haul the jib a-weather, and belay 
the sheet ; haul the main-sheet in flat, and the boat will be 
" lying-to." 

Lower the peak and throat sufficiently for the number of 
reefs it is possible to take in, and cast off the main tack (if the 
sail be not laced to the boom). Haul down the reef and secure 
the earings to the boom ; make fast the tack, and tie the reef 
points with square knots. When completed, set up the throat 
and peak; reef the jib, or set a smaller jib; slack the main 
sheet ; trim the jib sheets, and the boat will resume her course 
under a single reef mainsail and reduced jib. A second or a 
third reef may be hauled down in a similar manner. Never tie 
the points of a second or third reef until the points of the pre- 
ceding reefs have been secured ; the reefs may then be shaken 
out, one at a time, as the weather moderates. 

SQUALLS. 

Signs of a squall may generally be seen on the surface of 
the water some moments before it strikes the sails, in which 
case there will be plenty of time for shortening sail before its 
effects are felt ; but in rivers and when sailing close along the 
land, squalls frequently rush down upon a boat with marvellous 
suddenness. 

The main-sheet should always be ready to let go in an 
instant whenever sailing under the land, for many disasters 
have resulted from sudden puffs sweeping down a valley or 
ravine with great force, and catching boats just as they emerge 
from the comparatively calm weather under the lee of some 
cliff or high land. 



164 SAILING DIRECTIONS, 

If a squall be descried approaching, the peak of the main- 
sail should be dropped. If the squall be very light, it may be 
allowed to just reach the sail, and then the boat luffed carefully 
to it, but not so as to lose headway. She must be kept going 
in order that she may answer her helm readily. With reefed 
sails a good boat may be ''sailed narrow" through squalls of 
ordinary strength, — that is, so close to the wind that the luffs 
of the sails tremble, and with judicious handling there will be 
little risk. 

When threatened with a severe squall, lower the jib and 
drop the peak of the mainsail. A smaller jib may be set if 
deemed desirable. "* 

SAILING ALONG A WEATHER SHORE. 

With a boom it is generally preferable to luff up in the 
wind and ease the jib-sheet, in puffs, then to ease the main- 
sheet and attempt to relieve the boat without deviating from 
the course. However, if a weather shore, as the bank of a 
river, be close aboard, there will be considerable risk of going 
stem on into the bank, if this course is adopted. While going 
into the bank might be preferable to capsizing, yet if the 
puffs do not come too hea\y, the mainsail may generally be 
eased and the boat relieved in that manner. Always bear in 
mind, in the case of squalls, that " he who hesitates is lost," 
and determine early on the course it will be best to pursue, 
whether the boat shall be luffed at the risk of beaching her, 
or whether the main-sheet shall be eased. 

SAILING ALONG A LEE SHORE. 

WHien sailing along a lee shore in squally weather, which 
should nev^er be done from choice, luff up smartly for squalls, 
in preference to easing the main-sheet to keeping the boat 
going. 

If the squall be very^ severe, the jib-sheet should be flown 
to bring the boat's head to wind quickly. 



SAILING DIRECTIONS. 165 

Easing the main-sheet in squalls should be avoided/ if 
possible, when sailing along the lee bank of a river, or by the 
side of mud flats. Generally a boat will luff-to quickly 
enough without easing the jib-sheet ; but, if the squall looks 
heavy, ease the sheet and luff-to in good time ; then stand 
by to lower the mainsail, if necessary. In lowering a sail in 
a squall care should be taken to spill the sail as it comes 
down. 

REMARKS ON CAPSIZING. 

Boats are not more frequently capsized by reason of 
strong winds and heavy seas than they are from carelessness or 
mismanagement. 

Among the principal causes of boats being capsized may 
be mentioned the following : Negligence regarding the main 
and jib-sheets ; faulty adjustment of the sails ; disproportion- 
ate spars ; improper trim ; insufficient ballast ; shifting of 
ballast ; ill-fitting blocks ; the entanglement of some rope ; 
carrying sail recklessly ; overcrowding with passengers ; 
standing up in the boat ; leaning over the gunwale ; and gen- 
erally careless handling. 

When struck by a squall, a jammed sheet, if not instantly 
cleared, will be certain to capsize. The most effectual way 
of clearing the sheet, in such a case, would be to cut it, a 
measure which has before now saved boat and crew from 
impending disaster, even after the boat has been forced on 
her beam ends, with the water pouring over the gunwale. It 
sometimes becomes desirable, in light wind or a foul tide, to 
run and sail at the same time, but such a proceeding is very 
incautious if the sheet is made fast and no one left in charge 
at the helm. A more prudent course would be to lower the 
sails, or to dispense with the use of oars. 

Generally when oars are left to assist the sails they 
should be used on the weather side of the boat, as there is 
some risk of lee oars catching under water, if the boat sud- 
denly lays over. 



l66 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 

Boat sailors should always be cautious when passing 
under the lee of large vessels in squally weather. The sheets 
should be in hand and ready for slacking instantly. 

HANDLING BOATS IN A GALE. 

When signs of an approaching gale are detected the sails 
must be close-reefed promptly, and all the canvas that can be 
dispensed with should be taken in. It will be advisable to 
draw the bowsprit in-board to avoid losing it when the boat 
pitches. If the boat requires a jib, the very smallest and 
stoutest head-sail available should be chosen. If the rig be 
a two-masted one, or if there be a mizzen, the mainsail should 
be lowered, and the boat may be sailed under a foretopsail and 
mizzen ; or, if preferred, these may both be lowered and the 
little craft may be sailed under a close-reefed mainsail, or a 
trysail, if there be one on board. 

Careful attention should be given to the boat's trim, and 
there should be no weight permitted in the bow, nor any in 
the extreme end of the stern. The ballast should always be 
judiciously disposed amidships, and firmly secured, so that no 
part of it can possibly shift though the boat should lurch ever 
so heavily. 

In heavy weather the boat should not be sailed too close 
to the wind, nor the sails trimmed too flat. It is in heavy 
seas that the advantage of being able to trice up the main- 
tack is most apparent, and the boat may be generally eased by 
so doing. 

Let us suppose a crew of six persons in a boat caught in 
a gale of wind, and no harbor available, except one some miles 
dead to windward. The rig of the boat is mainsail, fore- 
staysail, and jib, a very serviceable rig for sea service. 

As there are indications of an increasing gale, take in the 
forestaysail, luff up, and close-reef the mainsail, putting in 
each reef separately and tying the points singly. The jib- 
sheet must be hauled a-weather while reefing, the mainsail. 



SAILING DIRECTIONS. 167 

after which run in the bowsprit and set the very smallest jib 
available. The man at the main-sheet should keep it clear and 
be ready to slack it in an instant. 

The waves are now running high and the boat pitching 
heavily. Try her cautiously to windward, loosing or luffing 
her a bit as the approaching waves meet her. Have a hand 
by the main-sheet and another by the jib-sheet, while the 
others are down on the boat's floor to windward, excepting the 
skipper, who remains at the helm, carefully watching the 
threatening seas. 

In luffing to the heavy seas the least motion of the tiller 
will suffice. Be very careful not to allow all headway to be 
lost, or the boat will not obey the helm ; take advantage of 
the "smooth," which usually follows these heavy seas, to get 
good headway in ; keep her full on at it, and only ease the 
helm on the approach of a heavy sea that threatens to engulf 
the bows ; then luff into the very crest of the wave, which 
will check the boat's way for a moment, and headway must be 
regained by instantly bearing up a trifle to fill the sails and 
prevent the boat getting into the trough of the sea. 

RIDING OUT A GALE, 

Should the gale come on very weighty, and the sea 
increase so much that the waves are likely to break into the 
boat, it will not be prudent to continue working to windward, 
and the boat must be laid-to. A drogue should be used, or 
a sea-anchor rigged, to break the force of the sea and make 
a lea for the boat to ride in. Either the jib and forestaysail, 
or the jib alone, according to the type of boat, may be used 
to lay-to under. Some boats lay-to nicely under a close- 
reefed mainsail, with, perhaps, a small piece of the forestay- 
sail showing just to windward of the mast. 

As a general rule, any attempt to force the boat ahead 
will be very dangerous, and attention must be directed to keep- 
ing her afloat. A raft may be made of spars, oars, and sails. 



1 68 SAILING DIRECTIONS. 

the latter only loosely bound to the spars, and the whole 
attached to the boat's pointer. This raft being cast over- 
board, the line should be veered out, say ten or fifteen fathoms, 
and the boat allowed to ride to leeward of it. With good sea- 
men a boat may thus ride out a severe gale of, perhaps, several 
days' duration. This contrivance may be made use of whether 
the boat be laid-to under small sail or without any sail. If 
a weight be suspended from the clew of one of the sails, the 
drift of the boat will be resisted. In shallow waters the raft 
may be anchored and the boat will still ride in safety. 

When all has been done to keep the boat afloat, and to 
ride out the gale, the crew should button their coats, harden 
their hearts, and patiently await the return of good weather. 

The best sails to lay-to under must be determined by 
each particular type of boat by experiment. A ship's long 
boat has been known to lay-to under a close-reefed mainsail, 
with a bucket veered out twenty fathoms ahead, and ride out 
a gale of seven days. 

BOAT RACING. 

Before the starting gun is fired every man should be at 
his post ready to perform his allotted duty ; for after the signal 
every moment's delay is a moment lost. The boat that can 
sail fastest to windward is generally considered to be* the best 
boat in sailing matches. Every man who aspires to the helm 
in a sailing match should be an expert in the art of boat- 
sailing. When putting the boat about, the helm should be 
eased down slowly and steadily, so that the boat may shoot 
ahead in stays. Many races have been lost by carrying too 
large a jib on a wind, and as many more by carrying large top- 
sails, when, with a jib-headed topsail and a smaller jib, the boat 
would have eaten to windward in a creditable manner. 

In reaching, sailing large, or running, however, a boat 
should be allowed all the sail she can stagger under ; so set 
balloon-jib and topsail as large as the weather will allow, 
always having a judicious regard for the safety of the spars. 



SAILING DIRECTIONS. 1 69 

As soon as the sails are properly set, sheets trimmed, and the 
gear coiled, clear for running. Every man on board a racing 
boat should sit or lie down, and should so remain until ordered 
to move by the skipper. 

In working to windward in a race, considerable advantage 
may sometimes be obtained by the execution of various little 
nautical manoeuvres, which can be learned best by practical 
experience, and cannot readily be acquired from books. When 
there is abundance of sea-room, there is less chance for the 
display of skill in manoeuvring, but in rivers, narrow channels, 
and tideways, every move of the opponents should be carefully 
watched, and every chance for gain embraced. 

SAILING ALLOWANCES. 

The New England Yacht Racing Associatian adopted, in 
1884, a comparison by length, the length used being obtained 
by adding one-fifth of the after overhang to the length of the 
load water line. 

Time for difference in such "sailing length" is allowed ^ 
according to the Herreshoff Table, compiled by Mr. N. G. 
Herreshoff, a member of the Boston Yacht Qub, and used, we 
believe, for the first time in the races of that Club. To> 
reduce a yacht's " actual time " over a course to " corrected 
time," by which the relative merit may be determined, find in- 
the table the number of moments and seconds corresponding 
to the ''sailing length" of the vessel, and multiply it by the 
distance sailed in miles. Subtract this product from the actual 
time in which the course was made. 



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